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Pelican in Her Piety
David Jones (1895 - 1974)
Coming of Age in Samoa
R B Kitaj (1932 - 2007)
Pigeons [Columbidae]
Jeffery Camp (1923 - 2020)
A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain – or – John Bull Swamped in the Flood of New Taxes – Cormorants Fishing in the Stream
James Gillray (1756 - 1815)
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