Seven original watercolors of birds and animals.
No date [circa 1810-1825].
7 original watercolors on individual sheets (c.180 x 220 mm), handwritten notes in ink on versos recording the name of the animal in English, French and Latin, and, in some cases, comments on its appearance and habits, matted alike. Marginal browning, seemingly caused by the mats, images lightly toned, very good.
§ Seven charming amateur copies of illustrations from natural history colorplate periodicals. Six of the paintings relate to identified engravings:
From The Naturalists' Miscellany, c.f.
[1] "Striped-cheeked hummingbird" (Vol.13, Plate 517) and
[2] "Three-toed sloth" (Vol. 1, Plate 6).
From Swainson's Zoological Illustrations, c.f.
[3] "Tamatia macrorhychos (Greater pied puff-bird)" (Vol II 1821-22, Plate 99) and
[4] "Fringilla oryzivora (Paddy bird, Rice bird, or Java Sparrow)" (Vol.III , 1822-3, Plate 156).
From Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (published 1707-1788) c.f.
[5] "Toco toucan" and
[6] "Blue tailed thrush" (now extinct).
No published image corresponding to the painting of [7] "Nine banded armadillo". The sheet bearing the Toucan contains a fleur-de-lis watermark dated 1813. The quality of the seven images varies from somewhat crude to quite skilled. Intriguing. Item #122714
Price: $375.00