Alexander Peach, c. 1868 Hand-stenciled Watercolor Illustration from Horticultural Salesman Sample Catalog antique cow painting The transformation of the form

The transformation of the form of a silk curtain tassel into a solid iron one makes it feel like something of a surreal object to me

The brush measures 11 3/8" long x 2 1/2" in diameter

7 5/8" long x 1" wide and in great condition

and there are tiny holes running along along the edges for hanging

with light soiling and a little bumping to the corners especially upper right

Alexander Peach, c. 1868 Hand-stenciled Watercolor Illustration from Horticultural Salesman Sample Catalog antique cow painting The transformation of the formThis Alexander peach, and a Wealthy apple listed separately today I don't find these often, but recently came across a handful, and I just think they're gorgeous. This would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a folio I believe). This is not a lithograph rather, the peach and leaves here were rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut stencils and