Song Sparrow – [Maya][verso] – 3 Filipinas in Sarong and Saya

Description

original-colour chromolithograph;
verso: advertisement text in black and 3 Filipina women. VERY RARE
An Excellent Trade Card by The Singer Manufacturing Co., published in 1899 for the
“The American Singer Series”; No.14
One of a set of 16 trade cards featuring water colours of native American song birds.
The copyright dates range from 1898-1922 and this is one of the earliest releases.
The equivalent of this Song Sparrow is the Eurasian tree sparrow. Endemic to the Philippines: Maya