Pelican on Nest

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1880-1881
Accession number: 2000.5.2354
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 6 x 2 in. (15.2 x 5.1 cm.) mount: 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (28.6 x 18.4 cm.)

Medium

photograph

Description

Pelican nesting on stylized tree, feeding young from own breast.

Credit

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Department

European Art

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