Purple Finch on Pine Cone Dotted Branch, Lovely Antique Watercolor portait with one surface hairline crack

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

based on the color and surface

certainly by the same person and surely pulled from the same sketchbook

The basic story

The hinges remain attached

Purple Finch on Pine Cone Dotted Branch, Lovely Antique Watercolor portait with one surface hairline crackThere'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