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Engraving of a woman reaching toward a branch with a bird, a sheep and a spaniel nearby, inside an oval ivy-framed border.

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An engraved print shows a young woman in an oval frame reaching toward a tree branch while a white bird flies nearby. A sheep rests on the ground beside a spaniel that sits upright, and a basket of fruit lies in the foreground.

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