Late 1830s Naive British Ink and Watercolor: The Black Cow reds tan and cream calico

tan and cream calico

These 52 cards

native to Central America)--quite a stunner

8 7/8" long x approximately 7/8" wide and deep

3 3/4" t x 3 3/4" widest diameter

Late 1830s Naive British Ink and Watercolor: The Black Cow reds tan and cream calicoThis marvelous watercolor of "The Black Cow" is one of a group I purchased from a seller in England, which had previously been bound together as a booklet, and which I am listing individually. Like this cow, each depicts a working animal in a very iconic and really quite regal manner to my eye just about as good as it gets. The odd watercolor in the group, portraying Dick Turpin and The Brothers' Gibbet at Gonerby, was made after a famous print c.