Sadeler, Aegidius, Gheeraerts, Marcus (I), Praag, Fable of the rat and the oyster, A rat on the beach. He sits with his head in the shell of an oyster. The fable describes how a rat grows up in a house but is curious about the outside world. He moves to the beach and tries to eat an oyster, but is strangled by the shell. The moral of the story teaches that one should not yearn for someone else or a better life., print, picture, book illustration, prints, pictures, height 96 mm, width 112 mm, South Netherlandish, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1608 - 1608, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing, Work conception, English, 1520 - 1590, after print by, after design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher