An English relief cast plaster double-portrait roundel of Napoleon and Josephine
Cast at LASSCO Three Pigeons by Peter Hone from a French bronze original by Bertrand Andrieu
the bas-relief of the two heads in profile,
£99
Bertrand Andrieu (24 November 1761 – 6 December 1822) was a French engraver of medals. He was born in Bordeaux. In France, he was considered responsible for a revival of the art of medal engraving, which had declined after the time of Louis XIV.
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Parrots by Edward Lear – Paleheaded Parrakeet,
£275Parrots by Edward Lear – Paleheaded Parrakeet,
Edward Lear began his career as a zoological illustrator, working in the Parrot House at London Zoo. This resulted in the publication of Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots, the greater part of them species hitherto unfigured in 1832. The first plates for the book were issued in 1830 when he was still only 18.£275