Respectfully dedicated & presented to Miss Fannie J. Dawson. Crapaud, P. E. Island

by Thomas Alonzo Woodside

$1,250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

East Boston, Mass. October, 1869. A manuscript 6-line poetic tribute and sentiment to a Miss Fannie Dawson of Crapaud, Prince Edward Island written and illustrated by Thomas Alonzo Woodside, and gifted Nov. 1869 in East Boston. Measuring approx. 17 x 15 without the frame which appears to be original and is included . Executed in an accomplished calligraphic hand with a lush and colorful gouache surround of different exotic birds, insects, and flowers. Attractive and nicely conceived. Fannie

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