18th century woodcut illustrations, 1797 books

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Reaper and Partridge Nest tail-piece in Bewick British Birds 1797

Reaper and Partridge Nest tail-piece in Bewick British Birds 1797

Tail-piece woodcut for 'The Partridge' in Thomas Bewick's History of British Birds, Volume 1, Land Birds, 1797. The woodcut shows a reaper seeing that he has just killed a partridge which was sitting on a nest... More