Pelican Collection (#11)

Strange water birds (coloured engraving)
997423 Strange water birds (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From A Bilderbuch fAor KinderA (Picture Book for Children) 1790-1830

A hunt in the year 2000 (chromolitho)
1091123 A hunt in the year 2000 (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A hunt in the year 2000)

Bible Natual History, No. 3 (chromolitho)
3649357 Bible Natual History, No. 3 (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bible Natual History, No. 3)

a: Sea swallow (Sterna hirundo), b: Middle stercorary (Stercorarius pomatorhinus)
XEE4117062 a: Sea swallow (Sterna hirundo), b: Middle stercorary (Stercorarius pomatorhinus), c: Storm bird (Thalassidroma pelagica), d: Albatros (Diomedea exulans)

Papageno with a pan flute brings the birds from the forest
XEE4166951 Papageno with a pan flute brings the birds from the forest. Illustration by Carl Offterdinger (1829-1889) in " The enchanted flute" (Die Zauberflote, flauto magico)

The legend of the pelican: he gives his blood and bowels to feed his young
GIA4749368 The legend of the pelican: he gives his blood and bowels to feed his young. From Historiae animalium by Konrad Gesner, Tiguri, 1555. Bibl. Nazionale Braidense, Milan

Cochon et chevre ivres croisant une patrouille constituee d un chien, d un coq
DUV4212207 Cochon et chevre ivres croisant une patrouille constituee d un chien, d un coq, d un canard et d un pelican. Vignettes illustrees par JJ Granville

Pelican, Becasse, Bird of Paradise and Bat. Engraving in "
DUV4210523 Pelican, Becasse, Bird of Paradise and Bat. Engraving in " Buffon Alphabet des Oiseaux n 1". 3rd Serie N 1. Imaging of Epinal, Epinal, late 19th century. 16 pages

A pelican standing on a tree stump at London Zoo in September 1925 (b / w photo)
3116194 A pelican standing on a tree stump at London Zoo in September 1925 (b/w photo) by Bond, Frederick William (1887-1942); Zoological Society of London; eZoological Society of London; British

Titlepage of Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts
746950 Titlepage of Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628), pub

Man of Sorrows with instruments of the Passion (tempera on panel)
AII80538 Man of Sorrows with instruments of the Passion (tempera on panel) by Master of the Straus Madonna, (fl.1385-1415); Galleria dell Accademia & Museo degli Strumenti Musicali, Florence

The Tree of Life, c. 1310 (tempera on panel) (for detail see 62294)
BEN80607 The Tree of Life, c.1310 (tempera on panel) (for detail see 62294) by Pacino di Buonaguida, (fl.1303-39); 248x151 cm; Galleria dell Accademia & Museo degli Strumenti Musicali, Florence

Pelicans, acquatic plants and pygmies fleeing before a crocodile
CHT173789 Pelicans, acquatic plants and pygmies fleeing before a crocodile, after the original frescoes, from Images du Colombaire de la Villa Pamphilj by G

Allegory of goodness represented by a noble and abundant beauty looking at the sky with
XEE4136045 Allegory of goodness represented by a noble and abundant beauty looking at the sky with love. Pelican symbolizes charity, dog fidelity and lamb, sweetness

Zoological chart (ornithology): American bigarre pelican
XEE4124536 Zoological chart (ornithology): American bigarre pelican (Pelican brown or pelecanus occidentalis). Illustration in " The History of the Birds

Air. Allegory of natural elements. Painting by Jan Brueghel I (Jean Breughel
JLJ4619343 Air. Allegory of natural elements. Painting by Jan Brueghel I (Jean Breughel, Bruegel or Breugel) known as De Velours (L Aine ou Le Vieux, 1568-1625). Height: 0, 85 x 1, 18 cm

Launch of the "Pelican, "Steam-Ship, at Cork (engraving)
1612234 Launch of the " Pelican, " Steam-Ship, at Cork (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Launch of the " Pelican, " Steam-Ship)

Sauceboat, pair, 1737 (silver)
1217758 Sauceboat, pair, 1737 (silver) by Kandler, Charles (fl.1727-c.1750) (attr.to); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; German, out of copyright

Brown Pelican, 1835 (coloured lithograph)
985803 Brown Pelican, 1835 (coloured lithograph) by Audubon, John James (1785-1851) (after); 26x16.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Brown Pelican; Pelecanus Fuscus (male adult)

Brown Pelican (Young first Winter), 1839-1844 (coloured lithograph)
985802 Brown Pelican (Young first Winter), 1839-1844 (coloured lithograph) by Audubon, John James (1785-1851) (after); 16.7x26 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Brown Pelican (Young first Winter)

Frigate Pelican, 1835. Creator: Robert Havell
Frigate Pelican, 1835

Brown Pelican, 1835. Creator: Robert Havell
Brown Pelican, 1835

Brown Pelican, 1838. Creator: Robert Havell
Brown Pelican, 1838

American White Pelican, 1836. Creator: Robert Havell
American White Pelican, 1836

Twig
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Allignment
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Goal
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Big Lunch
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3-some
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Trail
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Sliding
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BATHING FUN
Antje Wenner-Braun

Toileting
Thierry Dufour

comfortable
Hendra Yudhiarto M

Afternoon bath
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Stranger
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Eye
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Good morning pelicans !
Yair Tzur

A man and his pet
Lorenzo Zaccagnini

Sun bath
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Working hard
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Just water
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Bath
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Hysteria
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Pelican take off... 2
Baris Akpinar

Crowded
Keren Or

Focus
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