Penduline Tit with Egg Filled Nest, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor big nose Good antique condition

Good antique condition

I would guess a pretty young one

third edition

and rather a patriotic one

which just sort of dangles

Penduline Tit with Egg Filled Nest, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor big nose Good antique conditionI 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