Done by Uncle Putney About 1812, Ink Drawing of Bird in Tree with Pen and Poem ornament studies I don't buy a lot

I don't buy a lot of plastic

These are two excellent examples I think

and his pose

A silly one

Done by Uncle Putney About 1812, Ink Drawing of Bird in Tree with Pen and Poem ornament studies I don't buy a lotOn 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