Item Info

Scripts/Text: Roman script
Language: English
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

In books or novels or healthful play, \ Let my first years be pass’d; \ That I may give, for every day, \ Some good account at last. \ Aaron G. Cates’ Pressent

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. In the center of the document are a man and a woman, arm in arm. The man is dressed in long trousers, a ruffled shirt, and a tailcoat. The woman is wearing a long dress. She is holding a rose on one hand. The text in Roman script is above and below the image. The entire document is framed by a decorative border. A mathematical calculation in a different hand is in the lower right corner.

Associated Names: Cates, Aaron G.
Creation Place Note: Creation Place Note:Unknown

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1860
Image Dimensions Width: 18 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 659
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener