19th Century Rewards of Merit - Group One (Paper, c. 1830s-60s) painted plaster sculpture it wouldn't be very much

it wouldn't be very much work to sew the edges under to finish it off

Slightly hunched and head cocked

reading super crisp and clean

including I believe a ruled one--but there is no mark anywhere on this that I can find

and the way the lip is shaped to evince the bird's whole body

19th Century Rewards of Merit - Group One (Paper, c. 1830s-60s) painted plaster sculpture it wouldn't be very muchThe existence of rewards of merit makes me glad, giving from teachers to students to affirm their good efforts, as does the fact that people saved them. Last weekend I found a large collection of them in a box in Midcoast Maine quite a nice variety of them, which I've divided into three groups, all listed today. The ones in this group are all printed on paper (rather than card), are relatively early examples )c. 1830s 60s or so), and many of them are