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Black Bird Collection

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: A blackbird sings whilst perched on a branch

A blackbird sings whilst perched on a branch 2011

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: Cartoon - Swallowing a yarn

Cartoon - Swallowing a yarn
A little blackbird fails to consume a length of twine: " I can t swallow that yarn." Date: circa 1915

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: Blackbird Nesting

Blackbird Nesting
A blackbird sits in her nest with her brood of fledglings

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: Blackbird standing on dry leaves

Blackbird standing on dry leaves
A male Blackbird (Turdus merula) stands on some brown autumnal leaves. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: Kahloah from Martinique from the 1935 Blackbird revue

Kahloah from Martinique from the 1935 Blackbird revue
A leading member of the cast of Lew Leslies Blackbirds of 1935, Kahloah, a nineteen year old girl from Martinique whose dancing says The Sketch, is absolutely sensational

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: The King admires his blackbird pie

The King admires his blackbird pie
Sing a song of six pence, a pocket full of rye, four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie c. 1910

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: Blackbird in snow

Blackbird in snow. Print shows a blackbird (raven or crow) perched on a snow-covered branch. Date between 1880 and 1890

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: Blackbird near reeds in snow

Blackbird near reeds in snow. Date between 1890 and 1920

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: BLACKBIRD

BLACKBIRD
A young blackbird. Date: September 1972

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: Birds / Blackbird

Birds / Blackbird
A Blackbird feeing her young in their nest on a drainpipe. Date: 1960s

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: D Carleton-Smythe. Sing a song of sixpence

D Carleton-Smythe. Sing a song of sixpence
Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie... 20th century

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: A young girl feeds the birds

A young girl feeds the birds
A young girl in a pretty pink dress, kneels next to a tree stump and feeds a host of small garden birds out of her hand. Ink drawing with watercolour washes by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: Wizard of Lincoln

Wizard of Lincoln
The Wizard of Lincoln, disguised as a blackbird, identifies two servants as robbers for a Lincolnshire farmer

Background imageBlack Bird Collection: Blackbird Eggs in Nest

Blackbird Eggs in Nest
Blackbirds eggs in a nest. Care should be taken not to disturb the nest or touch the eggs, or they may be abandoned


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