Item

S.I.P. Stereo GA

The grasshopper approaches the ant in summer.
The ant works the soil. The grasshopper is lavishly dressed.
The grasshopper plays music happily.
Suddenly it is winter. With hat in hand, she knocks at the ant's (barn)door.
The ant, flanked by her child, opens the door, and the grasshopper extends an upturned hand in request for food.
The ant points a menacing hand and rejects the grasshopper, telling her to go dance.
Title
S.I.P. Stereo GA
Description
1900? Complete set of six stereopticon cards by S.I.P. of GA. S.I.P.

This set starts, unusually for French postcard presentations, with the countryside as the venue for the grasshopper's encounter with an ant. The time is summer. The ant works the soil. The grasshopper is lavishly dressed. And she plays music happily. Suddenly it is winter. With hat in hand, she knocks at the ant's (barn)door. The ant opens, and the grasshopper extends an open hand in request for food. The ant rejects the grasshopper, telling her to go dance.
Date
1900?
Subject
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S.I.P. Stereo See all items with this value
The Grasshopper and the Ant See all items with this value
Item sets
Carlson Fable Collection