A kingfisher sitting on a stump of a tree. Etching by P. Mazell.

Date:
17 June 1789
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42146i
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A kingfisher sitting on a stump of a tree. Etching by P. Mazell. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Kingfisher: any bird of the family Alcedinidae, esp. Alcedo atthis with a long sharp beak and a brightly coloured plumage, which dives for fish in rivers etc.

Publication/Creation

[London] : J. Stockdale, 17 June 1789.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 26.4 x 19.5 cm

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Lettering

Sacred Kings fisher. P. Mazell sculp.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 42146i

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