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Accession Number
PAG2002.0149
Date Range
1840-1860
Description
Dark green leafy branch with five deep red flowers at edges and small red buds around edges.
Dimensions in Inches
10 1/2 x 7 3/4
Dimensions in Centimeters
27 x 20
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand colored
Category
Drawing or Reward of merit
Motifs
leaves, roses, flowers, tulips
Rights
Please contact the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College for permissions which fall outside of educational fair use.
Source
Ursinus College Library Special Collections and the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art
Provenance
Pennsylvania Folklife Society
Comment
The R.K. on the back of this piece may indicate it was made by or probably for a Rosina Kriebel. Kriebel is a common Schwenkfelder surname. The large roses are similar to the Schwenkfelder style.
Condition
Good
Published
Minardi, Lisa. Roots: Ursinus College and the Pennsylvania Germans (Trappe, Pa.: Historic Trappe, 2019), p. 96, fig. 3.71.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, drawing
Image Location
Rights Statement
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