Birds and Branches, Delicate 19th C. Pen and Ink Drawing in Period Frame carved stone boot 10 5/8" t x 3

10 5/8" t x 3 1/4" w x 2" d

which are a pretty very pale blue

both Western and Eastern

and much valued

Just great in every detail

Birds and Branches, Delicate 19th C. Pen and Ink Drawing in Period Frame carved stone boot 10 5/8" t x 3I'm always tempted by Spencerian drawings of birds, found on Victorian calling cards and in autograph albums, but this one, rendered in red and black ink, is earlier than most of those, and how lovely perched on exuberantly branching, delicately leaf dotted branches in dark green, with sprig in beak, too. Plus this awkward, second partial one with a very eagle like eye at bottom! Cut down salvaged from a larger drawing or page at some point I presume,