Birds And People Gallery

19th century Stained glass window in St Cuthberts Chapel on Inner Farne Island Northumberland

19th century Stained glass window in St Cuthbert's Chapel on Inner Farne Island Northumberland depicting a pelican in her piety. The Pelican-in-her-Piety is an allegorical depiction of Jesus Christ, in both His sacrificial love and resurrection. In an age when literacy was limited, the image of the Pelican-in-her-Piety would have been recognisable and understood by everyone who saw it and was, in particular, interpreted as being symbolic of the Eucharist

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A Great Reed Warbler is cut free from an illegally erected mist net in olive grove Cyprus autumn

A Great Reed Warbler is cut free from an illegally erected mist net in olive grove Cyprus autumn. The bird would have been killed and sold as a delicacy to restaurants, known as ambelopoulia

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Plaque made of baked straw-tempered clay from Southern Iraq and dating to 1792-1750

Plaque made of baked straw-tempered clay from Southern Iraq and dating to 1792-1750 BC during reign of Babylonian King Hammurabi. Depicts the Queen of the Night an ancient Mesopotamian goddess. Would have originally been painted red. Note the clawed feet and wings of the goddess and two owls looking on

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