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Fraktur (Drawing)
Untitled (Alphabet with two peacocks)
1832
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks or Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1957.1217 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1217 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Drawing)
Title
Untitled (Alphabet with two peacocks)
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks or Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is southeastern Pennsylvania, probably Bucks or Montgomery Counties.
Date
1832
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
12.4 (H) x 15.9 (W) x 12 (Image H) x 14.87 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
31.5 (H) x 40.3 (W) x 30.5 (Image H) x 37.78 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Image measurements by sight, in frame. Image H at left. Image W at bottom.
Edition Watermark
none
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: 10//82004 "Fraktur and Related Works on Paper: The Pioneer Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Donald A. Shelley".
• For a closely-related example, see lot 15, p. 18.