The Swallow and the Other Birds

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Artist

Name:: Bewick, Thomas
Dates:: 1753-1828
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engravers:: Bewick, John; Bewick, Thomas
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Duke University Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Select fables
Author:: Gay, John
Publisher:: London, Newcastle: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Emerson Charnley, 1820
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Description:

A swallow is perched on the low branch of a tree, addressing a group of other birds gathered on the ground below.

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