SOLD Four Snakes, Exquisite c. 1840s Zoological German Ink and Watercolor Drawing folk caving and a face that feels

and a face that feels to me about as existential as they come--exactly right for the bowl of a pipe

This striking geometric

Signed and dated what looks like 1908

which feels as much like a sculpture as a utilitarian object

SOLD Four Snakes, Exquisite c. 1840s Zoological German Ink and Watercolor Drawing folk caving and a face that feelsOne more of these from a group of four purchased from a dealer in Germany. This is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, gorgeously executed ink and watercolor drawing, c. 1840s I believe. Whether made in advance of, or after, an engraving for a zoological volume I am not certain (though I'd guess the former) whatever the case, quite spectacular, and with the execution amplifying a sense of wonder at creatures that already seem quite