A pelican standing in front of a lake in which two other pelicans are already hunting for food. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.

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40300i
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London : Publ. under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Bread Street Hill, [London] : R. Clay)

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1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour ; sheet 33.8 x 27.3 cm

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The pelican. Pelicanus Onocrotalus. Lettering continues describing the subject

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Wellcome Collection 40300i

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