Sold for:
$2,280
$2,280
Metamorphosis: A Moral Story in Pictures, America, mid-19th century, watercolor and ink on paper depicting a story of morals in eight pictorial sections with rhyming inscriptions, with upper and lower lift-up leaves depicting a life from an infant to a young man, who seeks wealth and riches in business, and gold and silver, the wealthy man returns from the California Gold Rush with his gold, which does not alter his ultimate end: old age, sickness, and death, (seam separation, minor toning and foxing), 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 (folded), 16 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (open).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-08-11
