Purple Finch on Pine Cone Dotted Branch, Lovely Antique Watercolor blue paper who I believe appears again

who I believe appears again with him many years later in the postcard of the pair on the bridge I am listing next

but I love looking at it anyway and surely with some effort  someone better than me could puzzle it out

possibly replaced at elbows but I am not sure

used for labeling crates or barrels--which may be the case here

beak open (and tongue exposed) as it stalks its prey

Purple Finch on Pine Cone Dotted Branch, Lovely Antique Watercolor blue paper who I believe appears againThere'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