Narwhal, Manatee and Friends, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor shut and bears a strong resemblance

and bears a strong resemblance to his various fish platters

I've included one detail that gives a sense of how silvery the photo is

The reverse is plain

1960s jug features a mottled

Framed: 9 x 6 7/8

Narwhal, Manatee and Friends, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor shut and bears a strong resemblanceI 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