Lovely c. 1850s Watercolor of Green Pigeon on Branch in Period Frame teaism and also as if she

and also as if she would rather be wearing something much more comfortable than this heavy velvet-looking dress

but it certainly seems to have a good amount of age

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Lovely c. 1850s Watercolor of Green Pigeon on Branch in Period Frame teaism and also as if sheThis 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