Rocking-Horse Fly more
alice, illustrations for children, insects, mythical creatures, toys, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
| Image title: | Rocking-Horse Fly |
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| Source: | Caroll, Lewis: “Through the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There” (1871) |
| Place shown: | none |
| Keywords: | alice, illustrations for children, insects, mythical creatures, toys, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale |
| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested |
Notes: |
“All right,” said the Gnat: “Half way up that bush, you’ll see a Rocking-horse-fly, if you look. It’s made entirely of wood, and gets about by swinging itself from branch to branch.” “What does it live on?” Alice asked with great curiosity. “Sap and sawdust.” said the Gnat. (p. 57) |
| Dimensions: | 75 x 50mm (3.0 x 2.0 inches) |
| Filename: | 057-Rocking-horse-fly-q97-1600x1200.jpg |
| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/g/057-Rocking-horse-fly-q97-500x375.jpg |
| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/g/pages/057-Rocking-horse-fly/ |
| Artist: | John Tenniel (1820 – 1914) |
| Engraver: | Dalziel |
| Scanner dpi: | 2400 |
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