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Various Birds / Différens oiseaux
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with 72 depictions of birds and a butterfly. Under each depiction, the name of the bird in Dutch and in French, sometimes for two birds together. Numbered at the top center: No. 115.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVerscheyde vogels / Différens oiseaux. 1833 - 1911. Brepols & Dierckx zoon. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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