or perhaps old letter (type) stamps
In terrific antique condition
Very nicely done
My delight was audible finding this one--though it took a moment before I realized there is not just one boy but two of them poking their heads out from behind this pair of young priests
but them was delighted to find this bit of paper with the beautifully penned name and address of its one time owner--Samuel Strang of Philadelphia-- and tiny whittled graphite pencil inside (which does indeed write
Narwhal, Manatee and Friends, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor soapstone narwahl or perhaps old letter (type)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