Album of 14 watercolors and 9 pencil sketches

by G. S., fl

$2,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Half-bound in contemporary dark green morocco with contemporary green patterned cloth boards, spine in seven gilt ruled compartments with COSTUME | 1839 in gilt in second compartment, edges gilt A remarkable 19th-century watercolor album of portraits of figures in traditional Roman costume by an accomplished artist on the Grand Tour. This album holds 23 Roman portraits of 14 men and 9 women. Of the men, four are religious figures, including two monks. Three men

• Binding: Leather

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