1848 Handwritten Ledger Page with Fraktur Watercolor Bird, in Period Grain Painted Frame A.A. Burnstine Kanugo cards with some paint loss particularly

with some paint loss particularly on one side

makes me swoon

and then tucks it with underneath the tie at the front

and one very small surface scratch to his hat

1848 Handwritten Ledger Page with Fraktur Watercolor Bird, in Period Grain Painted Frame A.A. Burnstine Kanugo cards with some paint loss particularlyThis bird! It tweeted to me directly, refusing to let me leave it behind! And what a marvelous bird it is, pencil drawn then painted in super bright pink and yellow, with blue spots on the wings and for tail feathers. Its open beak points up toward the accounting of a William Glendining dated July 11, 1848, with amounts due for services including taking in wheat, cutting oats, and thrashing; costs for items including oats, cider, potatoes, various