Drawing (Two Birds on a Flower)
Fraktur
Item Info
Item No: frk00488
Title: Drawing (Two Birds on a Flower)
Weiser Number:
625
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Lined wove paper; watercolor; ink
Category: Drawing
Media Type: Drawings
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
Hand-drawn; hand-colored; lined paper. In the center of the document is a tree-like flower with many leaves and two blossoms. Two inward-facing birds are perched on two of the leaves.
The drawing relates to the work of the Rockhill or Rockhill Township Artist.
Bibliography:
"Rockhill Artist" in Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), pp. 307-309.
"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.
Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
Region/County:[Bucks]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1850
Image Dimensions Width: 19.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 488
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Drawing (Two Birds on a Flower)