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A nest egg is very convenient at times ... : save money in the wear and tear of costly fabric by using Swan White Floating Soap ... / Lever Brothers Ltd.

A swan telling Damayanti of Nala's love. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

The Infirmary, Dispensary and Lunatic Asylum, Manchester, England. Line engraving by J. Davies after S. Austin.

Four heads of birds: a swan, a polyphemus, a wild duck and a pelican. Drawing, c. 1789.

Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.

A swan. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1975.

Leda and the swan. Engraving by L. Garreau after J. Verkolje.

Swans and storks on land and water. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A black swan from Cape Dieman. Engraving by Eastgate, ca. 1798.

Lakshmi on her lotus in the water with elephant. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.

Various birds: a swan on the water, a hen and chicks on the ground and others perched in a tree. Etching by W. Hollar, ca. 1670, after F. Barlow.

A black swan in Cape Van Diemen. Engraving by J.L. Perée, ca. 1798, after J. Piron.

Swans swimming together and bickering in a lake. Engraving by H. Le Roy.

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Lakshmi on her lotus in the water with elephant. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.

Various birds: a swan on the water, a hen and chicks on the ground and others perched in a tree. Etching by W. Hollar, ca. 1670, after F. Barlow.

A black swan in Cape Van Diemen. Engraving by J.L. Perée, ca. 1798, after J. Piron.

Swans swimming together and bickering in a lake. Engraving by H. Le Roy.