The Scotch Ostrich Seeking Cover July 8, 1805 Thomas Rowlandson Melville, in Highland dress puts his head and shoulders through a hole in a brick wall. He says: "Ah! Ah! - Nae one sees - me now." The wall is inscribed "Parliamentary Recess." At left, two Irish men, one with a blunderbuss, watch him. One of them says to his friend: "Be azy - Brother pat - I see him as plain as ever I have plenty of ammunition left but I shant fire just at present.". The Scotch Ostrich Seeking Cover. July 8, 1805. Etching. Prints

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