Item Info

Scripts/Text: Roman script
Weiser Number: 576
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor
Transcription:

[on reverse]
Lizzie M. Rice \ Bedminster Vill \ Buck \ County \ Pa \ Pa

Translation:

[on reverse]
Lizzie M. Rice, Bedminster Vill[e], Bucks County, Pa.

Category: Drawing
Media Type: Drawings
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. In the center of the document is a tall, leafy plant with a large flower on top and two smaller flowers at its sides. The drawing is framed by a decorative border. The text in Roman script is on the reverse.  See FLP 606 and 608 for closely-related examples.

Associated Names: Rice, Lizzie M.
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), p. 333.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on reverse
Region/County:Bucks
City/Town/Township:Bedminster Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1840
Image Dimensions Width: 14.9 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 607
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator