Narwhal, Manatee and Friends, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor shut 5 1/2" w x 4"

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

1850s I believe--carved of bone

it occurs to me

The reverse is plain

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

Narwhal, Manatee and Friends, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor shut 5 1/2" w x 4"I 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