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British Library digitised image from page 365 of "The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, or notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of that Country ... Illustrated with coloured plates and woodcuts"

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  • Mitch Barrie said:
    I visited the British Library last time I was in London. From certain angles the brick building looks almost exactly like a ship, which I gather was not accidental.
  • British Library said:
    You're right! If you haven't done the building tour, it's a great way to find out more about why the building looks like a ship.
  • JAYKAY144 said:
    Please provide a link to your Illustrations/art collection here. Thank you

British Library digitised image from page 6 of "Te Ika a Maui, or, New Zealand and its Inhabitants ... Second edition, etc"

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  • Robyn Gallagher said:
    This superb image needs to be rotated.
  • Vernon Fridy said:
    A landscape of pre-European New Zealand, featuring a suite of native plants, flightless birds, and a human (Māori) hunter.
    This is not paleoart; the larger moa species likely only became extinct sometime in the 15th century.

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