Lot Essay
(4 and 5) Illustrated in plate I, p. 132.
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Three successive studies for the same composition: Two wild boar chasing fireflies by a pond, a fairy seated on a rock beyond; Two wild boar chasing fireflies by a pond; and Two wild boar chasing fireflies by a pond, a fairy seated on a rock beyond
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Three successive studies for the same composition: Two wild boar chasing fireflies by a pond, a fairy seated on a rock beyond; Two wild boar chasing fireflies by a pond; and Two wild boar chasing fireflies by a pond, a fairy seated on a rock beyond
black chalk, pen and brown and grey ink, grey wash (1-2), watercolor (1-2) heightened with white (1), on brown paper (1), watermark proprietary (2-3), in contemporary mounts (1-2), (3) bound with an album of eight leaves
8 3/8 x 13 in. (211 x 328 mm.); 8 1/8 x 13¼ in. (207 x 333 mm.); 8 3/8 x 13¼ in. (211 x 337 mm.); and A small album containing the last drawing with six further drawings of boars, with extensive inscriptions (9)
black chalk, pen and brown and grey ink, grey wash (1-2), watercolor (1-2) heightened with white (1), on brown paper (1), watermark proprietary (2-3), in contemporary mounts (1-2), (3) bound with an album of eight leaves
8 3/8 x 13 in. (211 x 328 mm.); 8 1/8 x 13¼ in. (207 x 333 mm.); 8 3/8 x 13¼ in. (211 x 337 mm.); and A small album containing the last drawing with six further drawings of boars, with extensive inscriptions (9)