Lovely c. 1850s Watercolor of Green Pigeon on Branch in Period Frame vintage toy soldier like a game board

like a game board

and I believe it was most likely made by a Napoleonic prisoner of war while in captivity

with a rough upper edge from where it was sewn and some scattered spotting

color pristine and unfaded

or bridge

Lovely c. 1850s Watercolor of Green Pigeon on Branch in Period Frame vintage toy soldier like a game boardThis mid 19th c. watercolor of a green pigeon, or Treron (I believe this one a Treron Capellei, specifically, native to Southeast Asia) may be my favorite find of the week just so lovely! Really hard to argue with a beautiful rendering of a beautiful bird, and the soft, graduated greens and yellows and pinks of this beauty on its branch make it hard to take one's eyes off it. That intense bright red eye lends the perfect punctuation and seems to