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Lot 1289: Jean Charles Werner (French, 1798-1856) Fine Furniture, Silver, Decorative Arts & Clocks

Est: $1,800 USD - $2,500 USD
BonhamsNew York, NY, USMarch 04, 2015

Item Overview

Description

A zoological study of a hedgehog rat Inscribed p. I / Dactylomys typus, 3s Geoff. (lower right), watercolor and pencil on paper, matted and framed; together with a French zoological study of a shrew, monogrammed A (lower right), watercolor on paper, matted and framed. (2) sight 7 1/4 x 9 1/4in (18.5 x 23.5cm) and 4 1/2 x 7in (11.5 x 18cm)

Dimensions

18.5 x 23.5cm

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Eyre & Hobhouse, London (the first)

Notes

Werner was an illustrator and comparative anatomist for the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. He also worked with Georges Cuvier and Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (the latter indicated in the inscription to the first drawing) on their monumental Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères.

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