Art, Symbol & Imagination
All the Birds Were Proud of Their Appearance
Two long-legged birds wear extravagant patterned garments and carry delicate accessories. Smaller birds gather beneath their feet against the blue-green ground. The facing caption describes the birds’ pride in their appearance in the tale of the goldfinch’s colouring.
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Jean de Bosschere. "All the Birds Were Proud of Their Appearance" [editorial title]. In Beasts and Men, Folk tales collected in Flanders and illustrated by Jean de Bosschère. Supplied illustrated edition from William Heinemann; Dodd, Mead & Company, undated edition, William Heinemann; Dodd, Mead & Company. Source scan leaf 41. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0258-0031
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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Jean de Bosschere. All the Birds Were Proud of Their Appearance. Beasts and Men. Scan leaf 41. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0258-0031