Print of the Month - January 2013
Published by George Baxter in 1836.
This print is produced entirely from wood blocks and is the vignette on title-page to the book "New Year’s Token" published in London by Wm. Darton & Son.
It is a delicate piece of colouring and portrays a little boy with a nest; the parent birds are anxiously watching him.
Wood Block Print, size 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 ins. This print is signed below on the right; “Baxter's Oil Colour Printing.”