Gray Wolf and Golden Jackal, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor San Jose Mission pretty large and heavy

pretty large and heavy

and I believe this dates to sometime around then

These are a pretty fascinating genre

and the framing too

I'm not sure how he came to be

Gray Wolf and Golden Jackal, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor San Jose Mission pretty large and heavyA few more today from a second batch of fine c. 1840s watercolors, which I went back to my source in Germany to scoop up after having sold the last several I had quickly. This is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, very finely executed ink and watercolor drawing, and my photos do it no justice; the color and detail is just glorious! One sees hand colored engravings in this manner (Bertuch et al) but quite a different thing in watercolor,