1878 – Little Tomtit

“Little Tomtit – by Harrison Weir” is a full page book plate image, taken from the “Chatterbox Album of Animals”, published by W.W.Gardner, circa 1878. The short anecdote accompanying the illustration, takes the form of a poem and reads as follows:  “The Little Tomtit! the Little Tomtit!, What a joyous bird is he!, He loveth about in the sun to flit, And to perch in the orchard tree.”

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