Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions (1881)
South Kensington Museum · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 170
■ ..-■■. :... . . … EAGLE. IRON. No. 603—1875. A MAGNIFICENT example of Japanese work in iron.-*~*- The bird, an eagle or osprey, stands with spread feet and out- stretched wings upon a rock, eagerly looking, as if preparing to swoopdownwards on his prey. The body and wings are composed of numberlesspieces of iron,…
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