Ixia, Milla, Blue Babiana, Exuberantly Watercolored Antique Botanical Print, Framed civil war tintypes with some dings and paint

with some dings and paint loss here and there

but it remains in great structural shape and I think all the more beautiful for the wear

and another hunched over at left rear

Quite an early punch paper embroidery

I'm guessing this was made as a table mat

Ixia, Milla, Blue Babiana, Exuberantly Watercolored Antique Botanical Print, Framed civil war tintypes with some dings and paintSince 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