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A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over"–"Let Us Prey" (from "Harper's Weekly," vol. 15, p. 889)

September 23, 1871
Wood engraving
36 × 23.7 cm (14.2 × 9.3 in)

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