"Three Crows against the Rising Sun" by Totoya Hokkei, from the series Three Sheets (Mihira no uchi), Edo period, mid-1810s.

A’ is for Avocet (American).
Watercolour, gouache and 24K gold.
28 x 21 cms.
By Sheila Wallis, 2025

"Blue Jay" - Robert Havell, ca.1831.

George A. Weymouth, American (1936–2016)
The Way Back, 1963
Medium: Tempera on panel
Dimensions: Approx. 30 x 42 inches
Location: Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

Title: Tournament Shield (Targe), ca.1500 - German

Wood, burlap, leather, gesso, polychromy
Dimensions: H. 26 3/8 in. (67 cm); W. 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm); D. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); outer circumference 19 5/16 in. (49 cm); H. of lance rest 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)

Морские коньки
The Grolier Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals
1994