Penduline Tit with Egg Filled Nest, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor big nose I believe I see the

I believe I see the words "Queen" and "Whiskey"

I would guess a pretty young one

all the better to see its pink painted lip

with an eye hook for hanging at top

Penduline Tit with Egg Filled Nest, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor big nose I believe I see theI 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