$940
Pennsylvania/German School, 19th Century Illustrated Cuckoo Bird Poem. Unsigned. Watercolor and ink on paper, depicting a bird perched on a leafy branch under a poem inscribed "The cuckoo tells a pleasing taile/ To each resounding grove/And every pleasing note she sounds/Inspires my hart with love," 7 1/2 x 7 3/4 in., in a later oak frame. Condition: Creases, foxing, toning, stains, small losses.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-11-04