Antique Blue Painted Trunk Side with Yellow Bird on Branch gold and red and other signed works of

and other signed works of his to which it bears a resemblance

I would think these date to 1920s or so but am not completely sure

I like how the bright red of the 35 gives way to the (more nuanced and complex

1798 engraving comes from a volume published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch

and decidedly modern

Antique Blue Painted Trunk Side with Yellow Bird on Branch gold and red and other signed works ofMy general philosophy is to buy things whose sheer existence makes me happy, which is certainly the case with this, surely once the side of a trunk, iron handle still in place, and which someone cared enough to salvage. The red breasted yellow bird on branch of what looks a bit like bleeding hearts gives me all the pleasure of a fraktur watercolor, with the wavy yellow border and then dovetailed edges of the panel making the perfect frame! Plus that