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Jean-Gabriel PRETRE (fl.1830-1840)
Vanga - Vanga - Xenopirostris sp. Schetbé [Vanga roux] - Rufous Schetba - Schetba rufa Gonolek - Bush Shrike - Laniarius sp. [1] Rousserolle - Sedge-warbler - Acrocephalus sp. Grive musicienne - Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos [Grive] Draine - Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus [2] Bouvret - White collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola Bouvreuil - Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula Bec rond [Passerin à ventre rose] - Bullfinch - Passerina rositrae [3], all signed in gold "J.G Prêtre" in the margin, black chalk, brush and grey and brown wash, watercolour, heightened with white, gold framing lines.
160 x 95 mm.; 159 x 95 mm.; 158 x 92 mm.
All three on separate mounts with gold borders, 395 x 168 mm.; 395 x 165 mm.; 395 x 145 mm. (3)
Vanga - Vanga - Xenopirostris sp. Schetbé [Vanga roux] - Rufous Schetba - Schetba rufa Gonolek - Bush Shrike - Laniarius sp. [1] Rousserolle - Sedge-warbler - Acrocephalus sp. Grive musicienne - Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos [Grive] Draine - Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus [2] Bouvret - White collared Seedeater - Sporophila torqueola Bouvreuil - Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula Bec rond [Passerin à ventre rose] - Bullfinch - Passerina rositrae [3], all signed in gold "J.G Prêtre" in the margin, black chalk, brush and grey and brown wash, watercolour, heightened with white, gold framing lines.
160 x 95 mm.; 159 x 95 mm.; 158 x 92 mm.
All three on separate mounts with gold borders, 395 x 168 mm.; 395 x 165 mm.; 395 x 145 mm. (3)