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164317509London: Edward Husbands T. Thomas Warren R. Best 1643. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece of Parliamentary chambers and Charles I title within decorative border with woodcut device and the letters “C V†in contemporary brown ink on either side of the device woodcut initials head- and tailpieces Contemporary full calf possibly repaired at a very early date; interior excellent. From the library of the Birmingham Law Society with the name in gilt on the front cover and bookplate on the paste-down as well as small stamps on title and a few text leaves. First edition. This volume contains the record of all the proceedings between Parliament and King Charles I between the end of 1641 and early 1643. In 1640 Charles established the Long Parliament in order to acquire funds for the Bishop’s War against the Scots. However as soon as the Long Parliament took control they began dismantling the monarchy’s authority by removing the King’s advisors and sympathizers. This text represents a tumultuous period in British history coinciding with the very beginning of the English Civil War making it an important reference source. Edward Husbands, T. [Thomas] Warren, R. Best unknown
165850347<p>This German festival book printed in Schlesswig in 1658 by Johan Holwein relates to the christening of Christian son of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Saxe-Altenburg and records court ceremony within a smaller principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Such works were issued in limited numbers for noble audiences. The volume includes 27 engraved plates showing mounted knights processions and tournament scenes with accompanying text identifying participants and sequences of events. Fair condition binding not specified text block worn with many pages showing moderate to extensive loss of text and reinforcement using archival paper and tape. Quarto 4to single volume. Collation: unpaged. Illustrations: 27 engraved plates of 41. Edition: 1658 printing. Item Number SKU: 50347. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Johan Holwein hardcover
189904_0522<p>A wonderful 8" x 6" bromide print on double weight glossy paper of three patriots celebrating the end of Spanish rule in the Philippines Archipelago posing with banner "Adelante La Colonia Filipina" and another banner "Centro Filipino de Rella Octubre 1899." "Photographie - Philippine" written in pencil on verso. Fine condition wearing along edges as seen in images linear indentations across print visible under specular light as seen in image.</p>
18000000568Np.England: Author 1800 <br />. Original wraps. Very Good. Sm. 4to. Later marbled paper covers. Collation: 31 pp. with 7 pen and ink drawings of dials and several tables. The manuscript is a practical manual with seven Problems for making accurate sundials “To draw and equinoctial dial or an horizontal dial under the poles”; “To draw a horizontal dial under the equinoctial”; “To draw a horizontal dial for any latitude”; “To draw an erect direct south dial”; “To draw a direct North Dial”; “To draw an erect direct east Dial”; “To make an erect direct west Dial.” The writer has used a fine calligraphic style that is complemented with clear and exacting drawings. <br/><br/> Author paperback books
19834An attractive amateur watercolor of a British gunboat from the War of 1812 the painting probably contemporary with the ship depicted. The visible part of the painting measures 19 by 27 cm. With the burlwood frame and off-white matting the wall hanging is 43 by 51.5 cm. The gunboat has a dozen guns on the starboard side which is shown. Two British flags are unfurled one on top of the foremast and one by the stern. In the distance are the outline or silhouette of five other ships. Below the painted part of the paper is written in faint pencil "Begun Wednesday 18 April Finished Thursday 19 April". Unfortunately no year is given. The paper onto which the watercolor was done is dampstained in the margins with the stains spread onto the painted portion but there not too conspicuous. Light staining besides visible in the margins. The frame and matting are modern and without issue -- they are pristine. unknown
190015_0522A group of 50 5" x 7" slip mounted gelatin silver and bromide photographs of French Military serving in Vietnam c. 1900 on 7" x 9" loose album pages. Wonderful subject matter includes military portraits ethnic portraits landscape and water views. Approximately 18 prints are titled in pencil on the mount or in the negative some including the names of pictured military officers. Album pages have browning along edges as seen in images. Some silvering along edges of a few prints overall in very good condition.
16441271<p><b>WEST INDIES DUTCH. </b><i>Kort discourse ofte naardere verklaringe van de onderstaende V. Poincten. 1. Aengaende de verlichtinghe die desen staat heeft ghenooten door de oprechtinghe en oorloghen van de West-Indische Compagnie… </i>8vo in 4s pp. 36 disbound. Amsterdam: Netherlands Gedruckt voor een Lief-bebber van't Vaderland 1644. </p><p>Only Edition. A "short discourse" set down in 5 points about trade and commerce in the Dutch West Indies and the new American settlements at a time when the West India company had as Robert Benaway Brown wrote about another 1644 pamphlet on the same subject in <i>The Netherlands and America: A Clements Library Bulletin Prepared on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Establishment of the City of Holland in Michigan </i>Ann Arbor: 1947 #17: "come to the sad but inevitable conclusion that war was not a paying proposition…Seeking any kind of an out a union was attempted with the highly profitable commercial rather than militant East India Company…it is an attempt to examine impartially the pros and cons of such a union. The 'war-for-profit' idea was one of the factors that hamstrung the development of the Dutch colonies in North America and Brazil." "These five points all relate to America and the commerce of the Dutch in the West Indies."-<b>Asher </b>194. <b>Knuttel </b>5122. <b>Sabin 38245</b>. 84702</p> paperback
16868636<p><b>1686 Attack on Louis XIV of France French Politics Government Christian Princes</b></p><p><i>'The True Interest of Christian Princes' was a late 17th-century French pamphlet written by an unknown author who was highly critical of Louis XIV of France. This treatise attacked the French monarch for his inability to rise to greatness and lead morally. The author is unknown and the publisher's name Jean Marlorat is also presumed to be fictitious as no other instances of Marlorat appeared in print.</i></p><p>Item number: #8636</p><p>Price: $950</p><p>anonymous</p><p><b><i>Le vrai interet des princes chretiens opposeeÌ aux faux intereÌ‚ts qui ont eÌteÌ depuis peu mis en lumieÌre. TraiteÌ qui represente au vrai l'intereÌ‚t que les princes chreÌ‚tiens ont aÌ€ s'opposer aux pretentions d'un roi ambitieux qui voudroit s'assujettir tous les etats de l'Europe</i></b></p><p>ImprimeÌ aÌ€ Strasbourg par Jean Marlorat imprimeur ordinaire de la citeÌ 1686.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 12 202</p><p>· Language: French </p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight & secure</p><p>o Large armorial embossed on front & back boards</p><p>· Size: ~5in X 3in 13cm x 8cm</p><p>· Extremely rare and sought after with no other example of this first edition for sale worldwide but later 1687 editions at $1500</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>8636</p> par Jean Marlorat, imprimeur ordinaire de la citeÌ hardcover
055667Izmir: Manuscript. c. early 20th century. No Binding. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Manuscript map in black blue and brown ink on a special textured paper. 67 x 48 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters and the title in French. Light splits on fold traces. Otherwise a very good map. An extremely rare and attractive manuscript nautical chart on a special paper showing the depth measurements islands and vessel routes of the early 20th century Port of Smyrna Izmir one of the most important Levantine port cities in the Mediterranean also containing the hinterland of port with railways and roads. The map shows the Chios and heights the land bound by the mountains of Ida and Bergama Pergamon Cumae and the Gulf of Çandarli Elaitic Gulf. Just in front of the Karaburun plains lies a small island called the British Island really close to the shore. The reason behind the island's name is that a British merchant ship was once captured by pirates here and its entire crew was executed. From here forward there is a 14-mile stretching eastwards and southwards. Next comes the island and the Gulf of Urla. An indication of the salt in the places made shallow by the Gediz River can be seen as a rising white hill from the sea on the left. Rock formations extend from Foça to the mouth of the Gediz River. There are two rocky shoals about one mile off the shore one above the sea surface and the other submerged. The area in between the shoal and the shore that is the western part of the mouth of Gediz River offers a convenient anchorage opportunity for large vessels. Its depth varies between 10-15 fathoms its position providing shelter against all kinds of winds and the ease of making sail render the area an important location. The shallow extends over an area of 44 miles limiting the sea route considerably. The depth of the shallow part is not more than 10-12 fathoms. Çatalkaya comprises two sharp cliffs the higher of which is called Korax standing 2000 feet above sea level. Due to their shape the cliffs are also dubbed "Double Breasts" by the locals. At its foothills begins the Gulf of Urla and its location dominates the entire gulf. The Port of Izmir is now a cargo and passenger port located to the east of the gulf. It is the seventh largest port of Turkey in terms of container volume and thirteenth in terms of cargo tonnage. Source: PINAR ILHAN: Izmir city plans and maps from the Ottoman era. <br/> <br/> Manuscript., [c. early 20th century] unknown
165529216<p>Written in France around 1655 this handwritten manuscript preserves the genealogy and memorial records of the Bellievre family. Central to the volume is Pomponne de Bellièvre 1529–1607 Chancellor of France whose career included service as royal counselor and president of the Parlement of Paris. The text reflects both dynastic continuity and the honors accorded to a significant figure of French statecraft. Three portrait illustrations accompany the manuscript which is unpaginated and bound in contemporary vellum. Measuring 9 by 7 inches 22.8 by 17.8 cm it is presented in quarto format. Collation: unpaged. Illustrations: three portraits bound in. Edition: Manuscript ca.1655. Condition: Very Good. The vellum binding remains secure the text block stable with age toning and minor signs of handling. References: none cited. Item Number SKU: #29216. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Manuscript hardcover
175627951London: Printed by Malachi for Edith Bates Relict of the Aforesaid Mr. Bates and sold by W. Owen 1756 1756. First edition. ESTC T77673; Block The English Novel page 140. Hinges rubbed and starting but sound; light damp-staining to the endpapers; very good copy. 12mo contemporary sprinkled calf gilt rules. One page of publisher's terminal advertisements. A forerunner to Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy with numerous parallels in style and subject matter. In the 1770s Mrs. Piozzi wrote to Dr. Johnson that she had found a copy of this "strange book about Corporal Bates which I bought and read . . . and found to be the very novel from which Sterne took his first idea . . . even the name Tristram itself seems to be borrowed from this stupid history of Corporal Bates forsooth." See Helen Sard Hughes "A Precursor of Tristram Shandy" in the Journal of English and German Philology vol. 17 no. 2 who concludes that the story of Corporal Bates "was but one of many minor novels which in halting fashion prepare the way for the more perfect works of masters coming after . . ." Contemporary ink signature of Robert Parsons on the front paste-down. <br/><br/> London: Printed by Malachi****, for Edith Bates, Relict of the Aforesaid Mr. Bates, and sold by W. Owen, 1756 unknown books
1940D4105Privately Printed c. 1940s. Hardcover. Very Good. Black leather boards gilt-stamped lettering on upper board; 4to; pp. 120 mimeographed typed; illustrated throughout with tipped-in b/w photographs. Upper board flaring slightly; lettering gently rubbed; faint age-toning. <br/><br/>A truly unique edition. In order to circumvent the then-existing obscenity laws the author created by hand this mimeographed soft-core volume augmented with tipped-in photographs of glamorously posed nude models. Intended as the initial book of "The Bob and Betty Series" copies of the book were available for ten dollars from the author in a very limited edition for private circulation only. Privately Printed hardcover
1940D4105Privately Printed c. 1940s. Hardcover. Very Good. Black leather boards gilt-stamped lettering on upper board; 4to; pp. 120 mimeographed typed; illustrated throughout with tipped-in b/w photographs. Upper board flaring slightly; lettering gently rubbed; faint age-toning. <br/><br/>A truly unique edition. In order to circumvent the then-existing obscenity laws the author created by hand this mimeographed soft-core volume augmented with tipped-in photographs of glamorously posed nude models. Intended as the initial book of "The Bob and Betty Series" copies of the book were available for ten dollars from the author in a very limited edition for private circulation only. Privately Printed hardcover books
1690182843London: Nicholas Boddington at the Golden Ball in Duck-Lane 1690. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Full title reads: "The perfection of military discipline after the newest method as practised in England and Ireland &c. or The industrious souldiers golden treasury of knowledge in the art of making war containing instructions for the exercising the pike and musket in all their postures with the signs of the drum by its beating the several points of war the exercise of granadeers horse and dragoons : the explanation of the words of command and how to be put in practice . : the several doublings wheelings and drawing up of battalions squadrons of horse &c. with the conduct of armies in open or inclosed countries or upon any occasion or immergency . the method to be observed in garrisons and the manner of fortification with that of besieging strong holds &c. to which is added as a second part The art of gunnery or The compleat engineer : shewing the practice of the ordnance mortars &c. with the manner of making and using fire-works for war at sea and land and many other things necessary to be known for the improvement of souldiers." 156pp 6 diagrams 2 folding plates. Bound in full brown leather with gilt title to the spine 5 raised bands. A very nice sound example of the rare first edition. <br/> <br/> Nicholas Boddington, at the Golden Ball in Duck-Lane hardcover
163026113<p><strong>1630 PURITAN 1st ed Way to True Happiness Bible Answers Anglican Church Faith</strong></p><p>"<em>The Way to True Happiness</em>" is a rare early 17th-century work of questions and answers of bible verses for as the title suggests "entrance to faith". Written by an anonymous writer this book describes each book of the Bible and answers questions pertinent to each one. A short but important Anglican/Puritan treatise.</p><p>Item number: #26113</p><p>Price: $950</p><p>anonymous</p><p><strong><em>The vvay to true happines: leading to the gate of knovvledge : Or An entrance to faith: without which it is vnpossible to please God</em></strong></p><p>London: Printed for Edward Brewster and Robert Bird ca. 1630. 1st edition</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->2 86</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: STC 25736</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.25in X 4.25in 16cm x 10.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>26113</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> for Edward Brewster and Robert Bird hardcover
167426390<p><strong>1674 Tractatus de Scientia Dei Handwritten Manuscript Latin EXISTENCE of GOD</strong></p><p>An absolutely exquisite 17th-century handwritten manuscript '<em>Tractatus de Scientia dei'</em>. Exceedingly rare and begging to be studied!</p><p>Item number: #26390</p><p>Price: $950</p><p>anonymous</p><p><strong><em>Tractatus de Scientia dei</em></strong></p><p>1674.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Unpaginated; ~600</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: Latin</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~7in X 5.25in 17.5cm x 13cm</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif--><em>Exceedingly rare</em></p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. </p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>26390</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> hardcover
17306183621.5 x 19.5 cm manuscript map in pen and ink. Verso: blank; additional 1 sheet accompanying original text in a neat hand paginated 474 & 475. Manuscript map from 'Traité de géographie universelle' without place or date France around 1730 French manuscript of the early 18th century of a treatise of universal geography apparently unpublished. The author who may have been at the head of the manuscript project is unknown but for some drawings he used the reverse side of the documents from the family archives where the name of Le Tellin de Grandval reappears - perhaps a trail for his identification This nicely drawn pen illustration is part of 63 maps and 53 figures 22 sites and monuments 11 types and costumes 9 zoological representations and 11 botanicals. pp. 369-475 cover Asia.Condition: with folds as issued tight margins with paper loss on lower left otherwise excellent.<br /> Unpublished.
18805679Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene a trio of Dorcas Gazelles startled by a coiled Cobra was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Matted in Rag Board Original Watercolor, unknown
18805678Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene a quartet of Egyptian Vultures feeding on prey on the banks of the Nile was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Matted in Rag Board Original Watercolor, unknown
18805680Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Framed in one inch gilt basket weave moulding. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene Elephants feeding in jungle clearing was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Archivally Framed Original Watercolor, unknown
18805668Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Framed in 19th C. gilt beaded moulding. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene a flock of nesting Cockatiel was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Archivally Framed Original Watercolor, unknown
18805665Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Framed in 19th C. gilt beaded moulding. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene Flock of Gulls on Atlantic Coast was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Archivally Framed Original Watercolor, unknown
18805682Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Framed in one inch gilt basket weave moulding. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene Lion claiming livesock in African villagewas envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Archivally Framed Original Watercolor, unknown
18805677Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene a lioness in pursuit of calf in stormy forest was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Matted in Rag Board Original Watercolor, unknown
18805667Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Framed in 19th C. gilt beaded moulding. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene a flight of feeding and nesting Cliff Swallows was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Archivally Framed Original Watercolor, unknown
