Walter Crane, The Peacock's Complaint, 1887.
Wood-engraving. 140 mm x 139 mm.
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The Peacock's Complaint, 1887
Walter Crane (1845 - 1915)
RA Collection: Art
140 mm x 139 mm
The baby's own Aesop : being the fables condensed in rhyme, with portable morals pictorially pointed - London; New York: 1887
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