Spencerian Bird in Red Ink with Branch in Beak, 1896 Red Ink Drawing iroquois as found - period frame:

as found - period frame: 13" x 10"

They do need to lean against something to stand up

perhaps its own store brand

and Paul Kruger (President of the South African Republic-or Transvaal

tiny hands and tiny-crossed-feet

Spencerian Bird in Red Ink with Branch in Beak, 1896 Red Ink Drawing iroquois as found - period frame:I resist a good number of Spencerian calligraphic birds, drawn on calling cards and sometimes on pages in autograph albums, as this was they're very lovely, but often one nearly the same as the next. No way I could pass on this dove though, finely rendered in red ink, branch in beak, by someone quite expert in the form, with quite a complex flurry of furling leaves framing it. A charming example, dated 1896 at lower left. 7 3 8" x 5 11 16". Very good