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On Display: House - Fraktur Room
Fraktur (Drawing)
Untitled (Owls)
1820-1840
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Graphite
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1957.1174 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1957.1174 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Drawing)
Title
Untitled (Owls)
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin probably Pennsylvania.
Date
1820-1840
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Graphite
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
9.8 (H) x 8 (W) x 9.8 (Image H) x 8 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
25 (H) x 20.2 (W) x 25 (Image H) x 20.2 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom.
Edition Watermark
A KELTY
Coloring
Hand colored
Edition Notes
About watermark, Gravell states: bought molds from Sellers by 1822; ran mill on Burk Run, near Coatesville, PA, 1830-c.1840; made paper in Bucks County c. 1840 on.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: 1974 "Important Frakturs, Embroidered Pictures, Theorem Paintings, and other American Folk Art from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch-Part II".
• For a related owl drawing, see Lot 1.