Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes nose and mouth and love everything about this

and love everything about this very long

with some wear and paint loss to the bottom of the paws

heads 2 1/2" to 3" wide

and I think this is a sweet one

Two eyes  were simply carved out

Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes nose and mouth and love everything about thisThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawing on watermarked laidone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, c. 1800. Photos do no justice to the real thing. I would guess they were the original drawings after which engravings were then made for a zoological volume. I find it, and all of them, extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing