A boy riding a saddled ostrich that is held in reins by another boy while a couple standing outside their hut watches on. Wood engraving.

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A boy riding a saddled ostrich that is held in reins by another boy while a couple standing outside their hut watches on. Wood engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The thatched hut of the family can be seen in the background

Publication/Creation

London and Edinburgh : T. Nelson and Sons

Physical description

1 print : wood engraving

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Beautyfully illustrated book for the young. The swiss family Robinson; or, adventures of a shipwrecked family on a desolate island. New and unabridged translation with upwards of three hundred engravings...

Notes

On the same sheet as a wood engraving by M. Kirby (this catalogue, no. 41257)

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Wellcome Collection 41256i

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