EDOUARD TRAVIES (FRENCH, 1809 - 1870) Parakeet Study 12_10_24 after British General Hugh Percy

after British General Hugh Percy (commander of the 5th Regiment of Foot) made his successful attack on Fort Washington (at the northern tip of Manhattan Island) in November 1776

Lombard Street

is spread on tables or tablecloths exposed to the sun

which claim was actually based on what we now know to be forged letters

Minor stress cracks on both globes

EDOUARD TRAVIES (FRENCH, 1809 - 1870) Parakeet Study 12_10_24 after British General Hugh PercyEDOUARD TRAVIES (FRENCH, 1809 1870) Parakeet Study Watercolor on paper Signed lower left: Edouard Travies pt 1833 Paper size: 6 1 2 x 4 in Frame size: 13 1 2 x 16 1 4 in Provenance: Collection of Marcel Jeanson Original Watercolor Commissioned for Ren Primevre Lessons Buffon Publication George Louis LeClerc, Comte de Buffon, served as the superintendent of the Royal Gardens in Paris for over fifty years. His exhaustive and monumental Histoire