Another Stunning Hybrid: Twice Watercolored 1794 Shaw & Nodder Copper Engraving of Streaked Lophius engraved textile I've since figured out that

I've since figured out that the J

and am pretty confident thinking this dates to earlier than the 19th century

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

And hard to beat the energetic graphite drawn spirals of long hair on this Allie in her ruffled red dress with matching hat

Another Stunning Hybrid: Twice Watercolored 1794 Shaw & Nodder Copper Engraving of Streaked Lophius engraved textile I've since figured out thatA 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