Another Stunning Hybrid: Twice Watercolored 1794 Shaw & Nodder Copper Engraving of Streaked Lophius engraved textile shed/outhouse and jailhouse

shed/outhouse and jailhouse

with a third that is burgundy and silver

Mid to late 20th century Japanese

Cards measure 3 7/8" x 2 5/16"

and also very lovely

Another Stunning Hybrid: Twice Watercolored 1794 Shaw & Nodder Copper Engraving of Streaked Lophius engraved textile shed/outhouse and jailhouseA couple of weeks ago I purchased and quickly sold a pair of twice watercolored Shaw and Nodder 1790s engravings of wonderfully surreal looking sea anemones, then went back to the same seller this week to snap up one more from the same volume, this an equally surreal looking "Streaked Lophius." The hand colored copperplate engraving comes from George Shaw's renowned The Naturalist's Miscellany, with this plate dated 1794 but here it is the second