Lovely c. 1850s Watercolor of Green Pigeon on Branch in Period Frame vintage toy soldier color pristine and unfaded

color pristine and unfaded

like a game board

there is plenty of light scratching

Partially filled ledger page with a bit of doodling on reverse

but also became an unheralded artistic influence to many

Lovely c. 1850s Watercolor of Green Pigeon on Branch in Period Frame vintage toy soldier color pristine and unfadedThis mid 19th c. watercolor of a green pigeon, or Treron (I believe this one a Treron Capellei, specifically, native to Southeast Asia) may be my favorite find of the week just so lovely! Really hard to argue with a beautiful rendering of a beautiful bird, and the soft, graduated greens and yellows and pinks of this beauty on its branch make it hard to take one's eyes off it. That intense bright red eye lends the perfect punctuation and seems to