Lot 359: PHILIPPE LE CLERC (1755-1826)

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

DOVE

13 1/2 by 10 1/4 in.

signed and dated Ph Le Clerc fecit 1788 lower left

watercolor

NOTE

An almost identical example depicting a Seychelles blue pigeon and also dated 1788 was sold Bonhams London, Important Natural History Books and Watercolours, July 15, 2004, lot 277, as by Pierre Thomas Le Clerc. This attribution is dubious as Pierre Thomas Le Clerc's oeuvre consists almost entirely of ink and watercolors depicting 18th century costumes in a quite dissimilar style to the present lot.