Justus Dalee (New York/Wisconsin, 1793-1878) L'Oiseau Cheri Signed "Justus Dalee/Amelia Mason" l.r., titled below the image. Watercolor on paper, 10 x 14 in., in a mahogany veneer frame. Condition: There is a 2 1/4 in. closed tear in the sky on the left side of the image in the sky above the tree line and a 7/8 in. closed tear in the sky extending from the top edge. Provenance: The Brooks Estates, Hamden, Connecticut; Lewis Scranton, Killingworth, Connecticut; Pat Bell, Old Hope Antiques; Joan Brownstein.