This print features illustrations of birds with the text
"The Birds of Craftsman Farms
Somewhere I have read that a wealthy American who has a castle in Scotland is aroused from his slumbers each morning by the strains of a bagpipe played beneath his window; but sweeter than any musical instrument was the song of the Baltimore oriole that wakened me one morning at the Craftsman Farms. It called, it shouted, and whistled, until sleep was impossible. From the window, I saw him springing from perch to perch, and lustily voicing his joy at return of day. The ecstasy of his music seemed to cause the leaves of the tulip tree to quiver, and fill the air with a cadence to which the most sordid mind must respond. It was but one member, however, of the morning chorus, and among the other voices which came in at the open window were those of the song sparrow, the field sparrow, the indigo bunting, the red-eyed vireo, and the strident shouting of a far-away jay. Anew, I was impressed with the curious fact that the cumulative effect of a variety of singing birds is always harmonious, for few indeed are the discordant notes which one hears in Nature; and if such there be, one would never expect to find them among the charming surroundings of the Craftsman Farms.
From The Birds on Craftsman Farms
T. Gilbert Pearson
The Craftsman, Vol XXVI, #5, August 1914"
Printed for the Craftsman Parms
The Grove Park Inn, 2003
Designed & Printed by A. Chaves
Measures: 8 1/2" x 13"