Gray Wolf and Golden Jackal, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor San Jose Mission These are a pretty fascinating

These are a pretty fascinating genre

and the framing too

and with great precision and care

and even better as a pair

Gray Wolf and Golden Jackal, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor San Jose Mission These are a pretty fascinatingA 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,