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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

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Type

image

Keywords

fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, drawing

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