Exquisite c. 1840s German Zoological Watercolor: Four Doves / Pigeons promotional and how lovely perched on

and how lovely perched on exuberantly branching

the town of Ticonderoga became famous for the graphite that was once mined and processed to make the Ticonderoga Dixon pencil

with sprig in beak

followed on one side with "ones the this bottle" underneath--translation: "owns" this bottle

Even better to find it in what I believe is the original frame

Exquisite c. 1840s German Zoological Watercolor: Four Doves / Pigeons promotional and how lovely perched onThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, exquisitely executed ink and watercolor drawingone of several I purchased from a seller in Germany, c. 1840s I believe. Whether made in advance of, or after, an engraving for a zoological volume I am not certain (though I'd guess the former) whatever the case, quite spectacular, and with the fantastic execution amplifying a sense of wonder at these marvelous to begin with creatures. These four