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A vulture flying. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus). Chromolithograph by W. Greve after A. Thorburn, ca. 1885.

A vulture. Engraving.

An Angolan vulture (Gyphierax angolensis). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.

Ravana slaughtering Jatayu the vulture, while an abducted Sita looks away in horror. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

War in Egypt, Egypt: searching for the wounded and dead after the Battle of Kassassin. Wood engraving.

Rāma and Sītā being carried in the beak of Jatayu. Watercolour drawing, c. 1880.

A black vulture (Vultur monachus). Chromolithograph by W. Greve after A. Thorburn, ca. 1885.

An Indian vulture. Engraving.

Adam and Eve cover their nakedness as God makes his wrath felt in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

Birds of prey gathered by a lakeside: falcon, heron, monkey, vulture, sea gull and eagle. Etching by J. Griffier after F. Barlow.

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A black vulture (Vultur monachus). Chromolithograph by W. Greve after A. Thorburn, ca. 1885.

War in Egypt, Egypt: searching for the wounded and dead after the Battle of Kassassin. Wood engraving.

Adam and Eve cover their nakedness as God makes his wrath felt in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

A vulture flying. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Birds of prey gathered by a lakeside: falcon, heron, monkey, vulture, sea gull and eagle. Etching by J. Griffier after F. Barlow.