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Jacques BARRABAND (1767/8-1809)
La pie de Paradis, vue par derrière [Paradisier à gorge noire] - Arfak Astrapia [Long-tailed Bird of Paradise] - Astrapia nigra. Native to New Guinea.
signed "Barraband.", numbered "21", black chalk, pen and watercolour, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white and gum arabic, on light cream paper, folding.
658 x 372 mm.
ENGRAVED - Levaillant. Paradis, plate 21 (One of two folding plates).
La pie de Paradis, vue par derrière [Paradisier à gorge noire] - Arfak Astrapia [Long-tailed Bird of Paradise] - Astrapia nigra. Native to New Guinea.
signed "Barraband.", numbered "21", black chalk, pen and watercolour, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white and gum arabic, on light cream paper, folding.
658 x 372 mm.
ENGRAVED - Levaillant. Paradis, plate 21 (One of two folding plates).