$210
Prêtre, Jean-Gabriel (1780-1845) Four Drawings of Sea Life: Watercolor and pencil on drawings Bristol paper, two showing snails, one depicting limpets, and the last with four views of a brown sea slug, including a detail of its tentacles; three of the four drawings signed in the lower left corner, two dated 1835 and 1838; some toning, thumbing, one corner chipped, unframed, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. each. Jean-Gabriel Prêtre painted at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, and produced illustrations for many natural history books. These drawings may have been created for Duclos's Histoire Naturelle, Generale, et Particulaire de tous les Genres de Coquilles , Paris: Didot, 1840.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01