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Jean Charles Werner (French, 1798-1856)
26 October 2015, 10:00 EDT
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Jean Charles Werner (French, 1798-1856)
A zoological study of a hedgehog rat
Inscribed p. I / Dactylomys typus, 3s Geoff. (lower right), watercolor and pencil on paper, matted and framed; together with a French zoological study of a shrew, monogrammed A (lower right), watercolor on paper, matted and framed. (2)
sight 7 1/4 x 9 1/4in (18.5 x 23.5cm) and 4 1/2 x 7in (11.5 x 18cm)
Inscribed p. I / Dactylomys typus, 3s Geoff. (lower right), watercolor and pencil on paper, matted and framed; together with a French zoological study of a shrew, monogrammed A (lower right), watercolor on paper, matted and framed. (2)
sight 7 1/4 x 9 1/4in (18.5 x 23.5cm) and 4 1/2 x 7in (11.5 x 18cm)
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Provenance
Eyre & Hobhouse, London (the first)
Werner was an illustrator and comparative anatomist for the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. He also worked with Georges Cuvier and Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (the latter indicated in the inscription to the first drawing) on their monumental Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères.











