A PAIR OF HAND-COLOURED ORNITHOLOGICAL PRINTS

A PAIR OF HAND-COLOURED ORNITHOLOGICAL PRINTS

AFTER DENIS DIDEROT (FRENCH 1713-1784), ROBERT BENARD AND FRANCOIS NICOLAS MARTINET

depicting various birds including: Le Coq de Roche, Pigeon Verd d'Amboine and L'Oiseau de Paradis, from Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie , each in a glazed painted Colefax & Fowler frame, the backs with a trade label for 'C. Moscardi, Firenze' (2)

82 x 25cm, 100 x 40.3cm (overall)

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.

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