Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A magpie and an owl are sitting on a branch in a forest, tied to each other with a string, while a capercaillie, a bird of prey and a pidgeon are looking at the odd couple in disbelief. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
A magpie and an owl are sitting on a branch in a forest, tied to each other with a string, while a capercaillie, a bird of prey and a pidgeon are looking at the odd couple in disbelief. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
Wellcome Collection

A magpie and an owl are sitting on a branch in a forest, tied to each other with a string, while a capercaillie, a bird of prey and a pidgeon are looking at the odd couple in disbelief. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.

Johann Elias Ridinger

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Eigen=Sinn im Heurathen würckt bittere Reue. J. E. Ridinger inv. sculp. et excud.

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