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Cartoon - Octopus in the Nile. | McCord Museum
La pieuvre du Nil
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La pieuvre du Nil
You can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Need more information about image licensing or a higher resolution image? Read our Photographic Services and Copyright page.

Cartoon

Octopus in the Nile.
Artist (1917-2007)
SignatureL. r. within image, JOHN COLLINS
Date About 1956
Medium / Technique Ink, graphite, watercolour and opaque white pigment on paper
Dimensions36.8 x 28.9 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin Canada
Object NumberM965.199.10069
DivisionDocumentary Art
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of John Collins - The Gazette

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M965.199.1871
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Cartoon
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M965.199.9118
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Cartoon
Taking on the West Nile virus
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M2003.143.119
The Nile, as it appears at the Period of its Annual Overflow
Wood engraving
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Anonymous
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M932.8.1.92
Nile contingent for relief of Khartoum, Ottawa men, Ottawa, ON, 1884
Albumen print
Nile contingent for relief of Khartoum, Ottawa men, Ottawa, ON, 1884
Wm. Notman & Son
1884/10/22
II-75143.1
Nile contingent for relief of Khartoum, Manitoba men, Ottawa, ON, 1884
Albumen print
Nile contingent for relief of Khartoum, Manitoba men, Ottawa, ON, 1884
Wm. Notman & Son
1884/10/22
II-75142.1
Map of the Nile Valley
Map
Map of the Nile Valley
1970.2087
Nile contingent for relief of Khartoum, Ottawa, ON, 1884
Gelatin silver glass plate negative
Nile contingent for relief of Khartoum, Ottawa, ON, 1884
Wm. Notman & Son
1884/09/19
II-74768
Nile contingent for relief of Khartoum, Ottawa, ON, 1884
Gelatin silver glass plate negative
Nile contingent for relief of Khartoum, Ottawa, ON, 1884
Wm. Notman & Son
1884/09/19
II-74767
Graham's Nile Group, Parliament Steps, Ottawa, ON, 1884
Gelatin silver glass plate negative
Graham's Nile Group, Parliament Steps, Ottawa, ON, 1884
Wm. Notman & Son
1884/10/10
II-75035
THE PARTY-COLORED OCTOPUS; or, MONTREAL DEVIL FISH
Wood engraving
THE PARTY-COLORED OCTOPUS; or, MONTREAL DEVIL FISH
John Henry Walker
1878/08/02
M932.8.1.116

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