Ixia, Milla, Blue Babiana, Exuberantly Watercolored Antique Botanical Print, Framed tin bakers cup with minor stains and toning

with minor stains and toning

and feel in the hand

so there were once a whole lot of these)

One could certainly bait the hook with a worm and drop it in still

with a few ink stains I think are original to its making

Ixia, Milla, Blue Babiana, Exuberantly Watercolored Antique Botanical Print, Framed tin bakers cup with minor stains and toningSince 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