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Artist
- Name:
- Grandville, J.-J.
- Dates:
- 1803-1847
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals, Humor
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Rouget, François
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Vie privée et publique des animaux
- Author(s):
- Collective work
- Publisher:
- Paris: Hetzel, 1867
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
An auk wearing a sort of tiara and holding a scepter in one hand and an egg in the other is sitting on a throne at the edge of an ice field.
The caption reads in the original French: Le roi des pingouins
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, anthropomorphic, bird, black & white, king
