JEAN CHARLES WERNER (FRENCH 1798-1856)

JEAN CHARLES WERNER (FRENCH 1798-1856)
Muflon
watercolour
original illustration for publication together with the coloured lithograph accompanying the original work
38.5 x 29 cm (each)

Werner was an illustrator and comparative anatomist for the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. He also worked with Georges Cuvier and Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (the latter indicated in the inscription to the first drawing) on their monumental Histoire Naturelle des Mammifères.