Drawing (Bird on Flower)
Fraktur
Item Info
Item No: frk00481
Title: Drawing (Bird on Flower)
Weiser Number:
145
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Category: Drawing
Media Type: Drawings
Source: Rare Book Department
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), 2nd ed., vol. 2, pp. 653-654.
Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), 307-309.
Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
Region/County:[Bucks]
State/Province:Pennsylvania
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1830
Image Dimensions Width: 19.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 481
Creator Name: [Rockhill Artist (active c. 1830-1848)] - Decorator
Drawing (Bird on Flower)