Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the entrance, with a flock of birds flying south, one bird flying north with the word "cuckoo" on a paper in its beak. Engraving, 1709.
Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the entrance, with a flock of birds flying south, one bird flying north with the word "cuckoo" on a paper in its beak. Engraving, 1709.
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Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the entrance, with a flock of birds flying south, one bird flying north with the word "cuckoo" on a paper in its beak. Engraving, 1709.

1709

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Cuckoo ; schola utilis. instaurat. Kal. Jan: 1709 ; Ingredere ut proficias ; omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci

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