Feather Gallery

Archaeopteryx fossil, Berlin specimen C016 / 5071

Archaeopteryx fossil, Berlin specimen. Cast of the Archaeopteryx specimen held at the Berlin Natural History Museum. This cast shows the spread-out wings and long, clawed fingers. Archaeopteryx is the earliest known bird, dating from the Upper Jurassic. This cast is part of the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

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Portrait Of Sioux Chief Sitting Bull

Portrait shows the chief of the Sioux tribe Sitting Bull (1831 - 1890), known as Tatanka Iyotake to his people, as he sits in Bismarck, North Dakota, 1881. Sitting Bull became head of the Strong Heart warrior society in 1856 and chief of the entire Sioux nation in 1867. (Image by O.S. Goff/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Suffragette Votes for Women Christmas Card

Suffragette Votes for Women Christmas Card. Tabby cat with a feather in its hat, ribbon badge and satchel, holds a Vote for Women scroll. The cat is standing on a barrell on which is another scroll reading And a Happy Time'. Captioned A Jolly Christmas very much in the style of Louis Wain. Date: circa 1908

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