Frontispiece: The Ostrich.details

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Image title: Frontispiece: The Ostrich.
Source: Wood, The Rev J. G.: “Bible Animals” (1877)
Place shown: Palestine
Keywords: birds, ostritches, people, horses, biblical scenes, greyscale
Status: out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested
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“What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider”—Job xxxix. 18.

The engraving shows an ostritch fleeing from a group of men on horses brandishing spears.

Filename: 000-frontispiece-ostrich-q90-1059x1794.jpg
Engraver: George Pearson
Scanner dpi: 1200
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