Spencerian Bird in Red Ink with Branch in Beak, 1896 Red Ink Drawing memorials real or decorative

real or decorative

is signed (incised) Mottahedeh on the underside and features its original sticker

Really wonderful

I've never seen one in matte gray (charcoal

which may be to be original to its making

Spencerian Bird in Red Ink with Branch in Beak, 1896 Red Ink Drawing memorials real or decorativeI 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