The pair of relief etchings, the first printed in brown, the second in pale brown, both with extensive hand-coloring in watercolor and with additions in black ink, numbered 8 and 9, respectively, in gray ink in the upper right corners, on wove paper, with unusually wide margins, stitching holes in the left margin edges (partly filled in), with some pale discoloration, mainly in the sheet edges, small thin spots in the upper corners, verso, where previous hinged, but otherwise in good condition (2 prints)

The prints are both in good condition. There is a little pale discoloration and a few tiny foxmarks in the margins, mainly at the extreme sheet edges. The stitching holes have been partly filled in and there are small thin spots in upper corners of the verso resulting from previous hinging.
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