Plate, Jiaqing c.1805, unusually decorated with an Otter
A rare and very unusual early 19th century plate with neo-classical border and central figure of an otter of the genus Mustela.
Taken from the first edition of ’The English Encyclopedia, being a collection of treatises and a dictionary of terms illustrative of the arts and sciences compiled from modern authors of the first eminence in the different branches of science’. (Otter illustrated at Fig. 1 on the engraving.) Published by George Kearsley, London, 1802.
Condition : Very good condition; a minor surface stain
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