Done by Uncle Putney About 1812, Ink Drawing of Bird in Tree with Pen and Poem handmade masonic What a lot of work

What a lot of work

Why and why

dagger about to land

Though I suppose it's possible she's got a bucket of paint in hand

the palette mixes deep red

Done by Uncle Putney About 1812, Ink Drawing of Bird in Tree with Pen and Poem handmade masonic What a lot of workOn the back of this ink drawing of a lovely bird in tree with leafy branch in its beak and another tree at its tail; plume below and poem below that is a note that it was done by an Uncle Erson (?) Putney, c. 1812. I found it at an estate sale in Lunenberg, MA, which also included a fabulous collection of early mochaware (I coveted), the forget me nots I've listed, and some other wonderful antiques. I'll never resist an early ink drawing of a bird if