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Pelicans

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  • A duck and pelican with pond and other birds behind. Engraving by H. Le Roy.
  • Four heads of birds: a swan, a polyphemus, a wild duck and a pelican. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Two pelicans. Engraving.
  • Various birds round a pond: peacock, crane, toucan, parrot, teal, gambo goose, mallard duck, pelican and bird of paradise. Etching by F. Place after F. Barlow.
  • A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.
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    A duck and pelican with pond and other birds behind. Engraving by H. Le Roy.

    Le Roy, Henri, 1575 or 1579-1651. | Reference: 43291i
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    A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.

    | Reference: 42370i
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    A pelican offering her own blood to her young; advertising blood transfusion in the Netherlands. Colour lithograph after L. Sengers, 193-.

    Sengers, Lode, 1896-1956. | Date: [between 1930 and 1939] | Reference: 997158i
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    Head of a pelican, with a detail showing the foot. Chromolithograph, 1877.

    Ruprecht, H. J. | Date: [1877] | Reference: 579063i
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    A scene showing alms-giving of food, water, clothes and money; in the midst of this Charity is seen with a Pelican on her head holding a Sacred Heart. Line engraving by H. Cock after P. Bruegel, 1559.

    Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569. | Date: 1559 | Reference: 17566i
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