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A work made of brush and black ink, gold metallic ink, and watercolor on semi-transparent tan wove paper.

Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Salamander)

1899/1908

Theodore Roussel French, worked in England, 1847-1926

England

Roussel created two variant emblems for the blank cartouche at top center—a cluster of silhouetted flowers resembling anemones, in black, and this salamander before a rising sun, rendered in colors that include metallic pigment.

Brush and black ink, gold metallic ink, and watercolor on semi-transparent tan wove paper

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