Elephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Horizontal rectangle. An elephant is trapped in a deep pit, in the middle ground. Other elephants carry stones and tree trunks in an effort to rescue him. Inscribed on stone, near left center: "Ioan Stradanus invent. / Ioan Collaert Sculp." At lower right: "Phls Galle excud." Below: HUNC SERVANT MOREM NATURAE INSTINCTII ELEPHANTIS...