SOLD Exquisite c. 1840s Zoological German Ink and Watercolor Drawing: Lemurs and Tamarin) bee carrier box The pair of red fighting

The pair of red fighting roosters at left (Kelso roosters I believe) appear to me to as rivals--though there seems a certain kinship between them too as they observe what I presume is the recent death of the third red rooster--lying

[More that is relevant to his photographs of students and teachers at African American educational institutions in Houston here

I love the handle for easy carrying from one spot to another

One of the things I love about these old U

seated (disarmed) posture suggesting she may soon be the victim either of them or the murderer on the phone

SOLD Exquisite c. 1840s Zoological German Ink and Watercolor Drawing: Lemurs and Tamarin) bee carrier box The pair of red fightingThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, gorgeously executed ink and watercolor drawingone of several I purchased from a seller in Germany, and which appear likely all done by the same person, c. 1840s I believe. Whether made in advance of, or after, an engraving for a zoological volume I am not certain (though I'd guess the former) whatever the case, quite spectacular, and with the execution amplifying a sense of wonder at creatures