Purple Finch on Pine Cone Dotted Branch, Lovely Antique Watercolor portait could stand for anywhere

could stand for anywhere

based on the color and surface

The basic story

There is a plate of glass in front of the photo

with one surface hairline crack across the face of the top flower--minor and stable

Purple Finch on Pine Cone Dotted Branch, Lovely Antique Watercolor portait could stand for anywhereThere's always room for another bird in the flock, I'd say this a lovely late 19th c. watercolor rendering of a purple finch, done after Audubon I believe. With a wonderful richness of color and variety of patterns forming the finch's feathers, and sweetly pinecone dotted branch. 6 1 2 x 6 3 4 and in good condition, watercolor on heavyweight paper, with faint ink writing along bottom, looks like the name and address of the maker, but hard to fully