Narwhal, Manatee and Friends, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor shut The reverse is plain

The reverse is plain

it occurs to me

1960s jug features a mottled

5 1/2" w x 4" t x 7/16" d

and bears a strong resemblance to his various fish platters

Narwhal, Manatee and Friends, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor shut The reverse is plainI went back to my source in Germany to scoop up another handful of these gorgeous c. 1840s zoological watercolors, having sold the last several I had quickly. This is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, gorgeously executed ink and watercolor drawing, c. 1840s. Whether made in advance of, or after, an engraving for a zoological volume I am not certain whatever the case, quite marvelous and with the fine execution amplifying a sense of