Lot Essay
(7,8 and 12) Illustrated in plate II, p. 133.
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Head of a Lynx; and Head of a fox in profile to the right
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Head of a Lynx; and Head of a fox in profile to the right
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor, watermark Pro Patria (1) and SAL (2), in contemporary mounts
8 x 11 1/8 in. (201 x 283 mm.) and 9 1/8 x 11 7/8 in. (231 x 302 mm.); and eleven drawings including two drawings of a Head of fox in profile to the right; Head of a wolf; Head of a racoon; Two feral cats by a tree; Head of a doe; Two bulls in an extensive mountain landscape; Head of a cow; A preparatory drawing in pen and brown ink for one of the feral cats, inscribed '22 Decb 1806'; A study in black chalk of a hyena, with a subsidiary study of its head; and A sheet of studies of deer and bison (13)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor, watermark Pro Patria (1) and SAL (2), in contemporary mounts
8 x 11 1/8 in. (201 x 283 mm.) and 9 1/8 x 11 7/8 in. (231 x 302 mm.); and eleven drawings including two drawings of a Head of fox in profile to the right; Head of a wolf; Head of a racoon; Two feral cats by a tree; Head of a doe; Two bulls in an extensive mountain landscape; Head of a cow; A preparatory drawing in pen and brown ink for one of the feral cats, inscribed '22 Decb 1806'; A study in black chalk of a hyena, with a subsidiary study of its head; and A sheet of studies of deer and bison (13)