MEUNIER, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1786-1858). Domestic Cat and Cheetah [Paris Rooftop]. Ocean_pacific A Spanish Imprint of the

A Spanish Imprint of the Mississippi Valley

In the century after this map’s publication

Napoleon has been famously quoted as saying had the matter not been ambiguous

the necessary degree of cooking can be judged by the reddish color of the two surfaces…

are all that survives of the original surveyor's charts which became the source material for the larger manuscript maps composed by John Warner and William Mayo to establish the bounds of Sir Thomas Fairfax's claim to the Northern Neck area of the Potomac River in Virginia

MEUNIER, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1786-1858). Domestic Cat and Cheetah [Paris Rooftop]. Ocean_pacific A Spanish Imprint of theMEUNIER, Jean Baptiste (French, 1786 1858) Domestic Cat and Cheetah [Paris Rooftop] Watercolor on paper Signed Menuier 6 1 2 x 3 1 2 sheet 13 1 2 x 16 1 4 framed This delightful watercolor by Jean Baptiste Meunier juxtaposes a domestic cat with a slender cheetah, rendered in the elegant, linear style that characterizes early nineteenth century French animal studies. The composition, likely conceived as part of a larger project on comparative species,