John Samuel Raven - 'The Song of the Blackbird', oil on canvas laid on panel, signed with monogram and dated 1867 verso, approx 37cm x 55cm, within a painted mount inscribed 'For lo the winter is past, The rain is over and gone, The flowers appear on the earth, The time of the singing of birds is come', and a gilt composition frame with acorn and oak leaf mouldings.