Bird In (On) Hand, Old Handmade Valentine with Poem from Beulah scene painting This pencil and watercolor drawing

This pencil and watercolor drawing was probably a sketch in advance of a larger theorem painting

There are a few different sizes and varieties that were made

but the little bluebird in this one

and quite poignant now

1940s maybe

Bird In (On) Hand, Old Handmade Valentine with Poem from Beulah scene painting This pencil and watercolor drawingA charming old valentine or love note, all the better for being signed by a miss Beulah, who hand wrote a poem inside expressing "all my love for you." Great hand (looking a little like a talon), great bird, and I love how they arch in opposite directions. 5" x 3 5 8", very good condition, with decoratively cut edges. Early 20th c. I believe.