Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies hand-sewn humpty Dumpty which feel almost as if

which feel almost as if they were dug out of the ground fully formed

a near complete pad of score sheets

but one of my very favorites ever

I view them as readymade painterly sculptures

and glazed a deep

Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies hand-sewn humpty Dumpty which feel almost as ifThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawingone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, likely c. 1800. Photos do no justice to the real thing. I would guess they were the original drawings after which engravings were then made for a volume on animal life. I find it, and all of them, just extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing