Penduline Tit with Egg Filled Nest, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor quadruple frame 8" x 5 1/4" x

8" x 5 1/4" x 1 11/16" and in very good condition with just a minor bit of paint loss at the base of the "spine

A bit of staining/toning at corners

often decorated with geometric motifs as was this one

The labor invested in pieces like this just astounds me

—and find them so beautiful

Penduline Tit with Egg Filled Nest, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor quadruple frame 8" x 5 1/4" xI 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