Hundreds of Peacocks of Gorgeous Plumes

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A number of peacocks peck the ground as two women watch them from inside the trunk of a tree — Hundreds of peacocks of gorgeous plumes came to the embankments to eat the khai.

Artist

Name:: Goble, Warwick
Dates:: 1862-1943
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Color process
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Folk-tales of Bengal
Author(s):: Day, Lal Behari
Publisher:: London: Macmillan and Co., 1912
Open Library:: View record

Description

A number of peacocks forming a half-circle are seen pecking the ground as two women watch them from inside the trunk of a large tree.

Keywords: 1910s, 20th century, bird, children's book, color, eating, fairy tale, tree