Marine Life: 12 watercolours including Iles Mariannes, Guham, Polypied, pls.1 and 2; Mollusques, pls. 2 and 8; Cotes de la noulle hollande, Timor, planche no.7; and seven other fragments of sheets with studies of polyps, molluscs and other organisms
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Adrien Aimé Taunay (1803-1828)
Marine Life: 12 watercolours including Iles Mariannes, Guham, Polypied, pls.1 and 2; Mollusques, pls. 2 and 8; Cotes de la noulle hollande, Timor, planche no.7; and seven other fragments of sheets with studies of polyps, molluscs and other organisms
nine signed and seven dated 'Taunay Jeune fecit (1818-1819)', all inscribed
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper, watermarks IHS (Montgolfier)
12¼ x 9in. (31.1 x 22.8cm.) and similar (12)
Marine Life: 12 watercolours including Iles Mariannes, Guham, Polypied, pls.1 and 2; Mollusques, pl
nine signed and seven dated 'Taunay Jeune fecit (1818-1819)', all inscribed
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper, watermarks IHS (Montgolfier)
12¼ x 9in. (31.1 x 22.8cm.) and similar (12)
Engraved
Atlas Zoologique, pls.66, 86 an 87.
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