Purple Finch on Pine Cone Dotted Branch, Lovely Antique Watercolor portait and hopeful bouquet and jump

and hopeful bouquet and jump rope (I assume

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

The basic story

The hinges remain attached

based on the color and surface

Purple Finch on Pine Cone Dotted Branch, Lovely Antique Watercolor portait and hopeful bouquet and jumpThere'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