Model of a cow giving birth. Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2030-1640 BC [765x618]

Hare riding a hound with a trained snail of prey
Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390

Yael Zuck
Greece, Ioannina

"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)