Penduline Tit with Egg Filled Nest, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor cloth sac which makes for good for

which makes for good for stacking

plus a beautiful play of dark and light

and remains in great shape

it might just be my favorite find of the week

Penduline Tit with Egg Filled Nest, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor cloth sac which makes for good forI went back to my source in Germany to scoop up another handful of these gorgeous c. 1840s zoological watercolors, having sold the last several I had quickly. This is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, very finely executed ink and watercolor drawing, and my photos do it no justice; the color and detail is just glorious! Whether made in advance of, or after, an engraving for a zoological volume I am not certain whatever the case, quite a