[Goats and Conies] by Jemima Blackburn

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[Goats and Conies]

Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn) (1823-1909),

1886

“Photographed from the originals and printed in planotype”

Bible Beasts and Birds (Hathi Trust online version of a copy in the Getty Institute)

The artist’s initials appear at lower right

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A following page bears four relevant biblical texts:

Upon the Rocks of the Wild Goats. — 1 Samuel xxiv. 2

The High Hills are a refuge for the Wild Goats; and the Rocks for the Conies. Psalm civ. 18.

The Conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the Rocks. Proverbs xxx. 26.

Knovwest thou the time when the Wild Goats of the Rock bring forth? Job XXXIX. 1.

Bibliography

_____. Bible Beasts and Birds: A New Edition of Illustrations of Scripture by an Animal Painter. London: Kegan Paul, 1886. Hathi Trust online version of a copy in the Getty Institute. Web. 11 January 2021.

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