"Victor LeBoutillier: Archeveque de Tours" by Claude Mellan, Fr., (1598-1688) Watercolor and also studied at the

and also studied at the Art Students League and Tyler School of Art in Rome

Alexander Brook

She was fascinated with evolution and diversity of life

on cream wove paper with large side margins

This print by Nisbet is not commonly seen

"Victor LeBoutillier: Archeveque de Tours" by Claude Mellan, Fr., (1598-1688) Watercolor and also studied at theEngraving, 1658, ed. unknown, an early state of the full plate before inscriptions and before the plate was cut down to frame the head and shoulders against the drape at left and trees at right. The image measures 13 3 16 x 9 9 16, with thread margins, on a thin grayish laid paper, with an elaborate heraldic fish watermark. There is a collectors ink monogram recto lower left corner, and various old inscriptions and hinges on the verso, a vertical