Birds Lithograph Framed with Handwritten Dedication by Anne Worsham Richardson

Anne Worsham Richardson (1919-2012) was known as the “Charleston Bird Lady." She painted South Carolina's official portraits of the State Bird and the State Flower and was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame in 1991. Mrs. Richardson established a bird sanctuary to rehabilitate injured birds and also opened the Birds I View Gallery in 1972 in Charleston, where she displayed and sold her paintings and prints (it closed in 2016).

This highly collectible lithograph of one of Richardson's watercolors was sold at her Charleston gallery, where she hand-signed a personal dedication to the purchasers: "To Dick and Vonnie, Best Wishes, Anne Worsham Richardson 1992" on the paper label on the back with her biography and portrait. Her name is printed just below the birds, with her signature in script below.

This print depicts three birds: a cardinal, a white-throated sparrow and a ruby-crowned kinglet, their names printed at lower left and all three perched on branches with white blossoms. Printed on off-white paper, the image is on a soft green background surrounded by a matching narrow green stripe.

The framed size is 12 1/4 inches tall by 10 1/4 inches wide by 3/4 of an inch deep. The frame is 1 1/2 inch wide oak with a bonus: non-glare glass was used which really enhances the print. This beautiful artwork weighs 1 pound, 9 ounces. The glass, frame and print are all in excellent condition, ready to admire in your home.

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