The Old Kingfisher Lighted

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A man is snatched up by a bird and taken away from a fantasy land toward the sea

The old kingfisher lighted, and seizing our captain, [...] flew with him above a mile high.

Artist

Name:: Clark, Joseph Benwell
Dates:: 1857-1938
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen
Author:: Raspe, Rudolf Erich
Publisher:: London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895
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A man is snatched up by a bird whose upper body can’t be seen, and taken away from a fantasy land, dotted with strange trees and mushrooms, toward the sea.

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