Pelican with two chicks

RCIN 928438

Description

DM 1745: inscribed: Jardin des Plantes/"Papa: c'est-i-'vrai que si le poisson venait à nous manguer, vous vous perceriez le flanc pour nous sustenter?/ "Pour les enfants sages...peut-être...mais pour des polissons comme vous, ce serait...

This drawing is housed in an album compiled by Queen Alexandra. For other items in the volume see Queen Alexandra's Scrapbook.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Major-General Sir Arthur Edward Augustus Ellis (1837-1907)
(artist)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Biological sciences
Zoology
Animals
Birds
Pelicans
References

Other number(s)

RL 28438

DM : Millar, D., 1995. The Victorian Watercolours in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen. 2 vols, London – DM 1745

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