Libra and her...Sparrow?

Okay, okay--so it's a canary, not a sparrow. What, you think I've got sparrows just hanging around in my apartment, waiting for handy photoshoots? Nests, yes--wild birds, no. (Sadly, Tuppence died a few months after this shoot...so this is the last picture I have of him. )

Another image from a shoot I did with the marvelously versatile Daphne Damage [link] --we'd gotten so inspired by the wren's nest we'd used in Found Treasures, that we decided to use Tuppy in a shot, as well, and just continue the theme.

The treatment of the image itself, is a tribute to one of my photographer inspirations--Julia Margaret Cameron...and the title was snaffled from Edward Poynter's painting of the same name.

I have a vague memory of a story where a young girl was shut up without food--being starved for some infraction--who was so beautiful and good that she was kept alive by a bird (or birds?), who brought her food everyday...but I cannot remember the source of the story (fairy tale? myth?)--and haven't been able to find it online...if anyone else remembers the tale, or where it came from, do share--I'd be very grateful!