Lot 308
  • 308

# - Ornithological watercolours––[Knip, Antoinette P.J., née Rifer de Courcelles (attributed)]

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • A pair of original watercolour and gouache drawings on wove paper for Cornelis Nozeman's Nederlandsche vogelen, "Coq huppé. Gallus Christatus mas[culin]: Latham", and "Poule vulgaire. Gallus Vulgaris [foemina]", [Paris?], c.1810-1825
530 x 345mm. (image sizes: 280 x 230 and 225 x 240mm.), mounted, the mounts with the name J.C. Sepp, one of the publishers of the printed work

Condition

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Catalogue Note

two fine original drawings attributed to Knip, a gifted pupil of Barraband. The drawings are for plates 240 and 241 of Nozeman's work.