Framed Plate No.10; Anatomical Studies of Bones & Muscles, for the use of Artists; Flaxman/Landseer c.1833

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Framed Plate No.10; Anatomical Studies of Bones & Muscles, for the use of Artists; Flaxman/Landseer c.1833Origin: English Period: Early 19th Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1833 Height: 13. 5 inches (in frame) Width: 20. 5 inches (in frame) London. M. A. Nattali. Folio. In landscape form, the framed and glazed single engraved plate leaf, numbered Pl. 10, taken from Anatomical Studies of the Bones and Muscles, for the use of Artists, the drawing by the late John Flaxman, Esq. R. A. Engraved by Henry Landseer depicts the various muscles of the upper

The final blow for Walter Potter's collection came with the decision by the proprietors of Jamaica Inn to auction the collection in September 2003

There is an even spread of craquelure to the face with wear commensurate with age

probably unique

and the two that flank it bear deep blue grounds

attributed to Vermeer

and they are wonderfully pretty

the colours remaining superb and the labels under glass retaining their gilt bandings

slight smiling lips and elongated ears

with a bohemian feel

fish skins are dried in the open air or tanned

The lid opens to two new inkbottles

the crocodile skin now bearing a beautiful patina and lustrous natural shine