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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 635250, member: 33&quot;]Just observations: Most paintings had the bird perching somewhere, on the person or elsewhere. It seems unusual for her to be grasping the bird like that. I wonder whether she was kissing it or something? At first I wondered whether it&#039;s a whistle shaped like a bird. But the cage in the picture is a hint that it was a real bird.</p><p><br /></p><p>More observations: she appears to be dressed in clothing from earlier than the 19th century. The carver may have accentuated the drapery a bit differently from how it was in the original source. Even in times earlier than the Victorian age you rarely see paintings with such distinct shapes of a woman&#039;s legs showing through a skirt.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s all for now. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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