Item No: frk00481

Title:
Drawing (Bird on Flower)

Category:
Drawing

Creators:
Decorator: [Rockhill Artist (active c. 1830-1848)]

Creation Place:
County: [Bucks]
State/Province: Pennsylvania
Note: Based on design characteristics

Creation Date: ca. 1830

Physical Description: Leaf

Dimensions: 19.5 cm x 10.3 cm

Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink

Media Type: Drawings

Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored. In the center of the document is a large flower with four blossoms and many small leaves on its stem. A bird is sitting on one of the leaves. The entire item is framed by a decorative border.

Provenance:
Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Rockhill Township Artist" in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2^nd ed., vol. 2, pp. 653-654.

Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), 307-309.

Weiser Number: 145

Subjects:

• Animals
• Birds
• Flowers
• Leaves

Source:
Rare Book Collection