Ixia, Milla, Blue Babiana, Exuberantly Watercolored Antique Botanical Print, Framed civil war tintypes and some hairline cracking to

and some hairline cracking to the paint

I'd like to think these were carved not in memorial but rather in celebration of the progression of time

I found it at an antique shop in Upstate NY

but it remains in great structural shape and I think all the more beautiful for the wear

super sturdy shape

Ixia, Milla, Blue Babiana, Exuberantly Watercolored Antique Botanical Print, Framed civil war tintypes and some hairline cracking toSince finding a few late 18th century Shaw & Nodder engravings that had been marvelously enhanced by a second round of hand coloring at a slightly later date, I think I've been paying extra attention to how the hand coloring of prints can transform them quite dramatically. This is not a notable print by any means, but the watercoloring on it, specifically that blue, is fantastic, and makes it feel much more like a painting that a print. Feels like