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Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony--"How Many Eggs?"
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Winslow Homer
(American, 1836 - 1910)
Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony--"How Many Eggs?"
Wood engraving on paper
1874
13 3/8 × 9 1/8 in. (34 × 23.2 cm)
97.12.8
Purchased with funds given in memory of David Ferranti, 1997
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