Wenceslaus Hollar · 1654 · 15 plates
A Barn owl in a tree is surrounded and mobbed by birds of many sorts (1654)
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A cock, chicken, hen, and six chicks in a farmyard (1654)
An eagle with outstretched wings standing on a rock, surrounded by six other birds (1654)
Birds by a river; a swan and duck, a chicken with a brood of chicks, another fowl and two more birds in a tree (1654)
Eight pigeons in a farmyard near a coup; a dovecote in the background (1654)
Four pheasants in a wooded landscape, one of them standing on a tree branch at left (1654)
Four turkeys by a fence (1654)
Four wading birds standing on a river bank (1654)
Inside a brickwalled room with an open window, several captive birds rest on wooden perches (1654)
Nine ducks in a variety of poses in a river landscape with willow trees (1654)
Three bustards, one of them flying in at right (1654)
Three herons; one, with its wings outstretched, snatches a frog from the river, while another takes off (1654)
Two cormorants, one of them with a fish in its beak, a heron, and a large wading bird in a river landscape (1654)
Two peacocks, a peahen, and three chicks (1654)
Two swans swimming, with an old fishing weir on the river bank at left, and five swallows flying overhead (1654)
