'Figure du Poission nomme Vletif' Sheriff A merry making scene outside

A merry making scene outside the closed iron gate of Covent Garden Theatre

The King of Prussia is outraged and within a matter of days had declared war on Austria

The Christmas carol in the Ukraine

or the London Almanack for 1915

Lamentation

'Figure du Poission nomme Vletif' Sheriff A merry making scene outsideFigure of a Vletif, a mythological sea beast, in a seascape including boats and an island. The animal is shown being hunted from shore by three figures using a bow, a trident and a spear. The creature is perhaps based on the narwhal; however the 'horn' depicted resembles the rostrum of the sawfish or carpenter shark family. Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des