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CLICK ON IMAGES FOR DETAIL 121598 Fine miniature portrait on vellum of a red-haired woman in a pleated bonnet with matching collar in a 5" x 6"oval format within a black scrollwork border. Signed by the artist, "Colot, facit." and monogrammed with the sitter's initials and crest with cornet, and dated 1793. Framed in a gilt molding with silk spandral and UV glass. Continental, probably France, 1793. |
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9-12-2000A Original botanical watercolor gouache on paper, "Bluebells, Knapweed, and Sneezewort". Circa 1910. Monogrammed, "E.A." (Edwin John Alexander) RSA, RSW, RWS. England,1870-1926. |
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9-15-2000M Hand colored engraved map of the world printed on hand laid paper, Nuremberg, 1784. The map marks the route of Cook's voyages of 1777-78. Mounted on an acid-free French mat and framed in a gilt molding. |
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6-9-98A Audubon, Birds of America, Havell edition, "Fly Catcher" double elephant folio, 1828. Full margins. Framed with museum mat and UV glass. |
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11-23-99 Copper plate engraving on hand laid paper, titled: "The Eruption of Vesuvius, 1771" after the painting by Jacques-Antoine Volaire of the same year. Mounted with museum mat and framed in a gold leaf molding. |
