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Decorator
Daniel Otto (circa 1770-1822)
Accession Number
PAG2002.0119
Date Range
1770-1820
Description
Fanciful drawing of a yellow horse with a green tail instead of rear legs, with double-winged bird and flowering vines, wavy brown ground at bottom.
Dimensions in Inches
6 1/2 x 8 1/4
Dimensions in Centimeters
17 x 21
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand colored
Decorator Location
Northumberland, Centre, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Brush Valley, Miles Township, Northumberland County, Centre, Pennsylvania
Category
Drawing or Reward of merit
Motifs
tulips, flowers, birds, seahorses, parrots, horses
Associated Names
Daniel Otto
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
Henrich Otto, most famous for the numerous Taufscheine that he decorated, also made a number of drawings containing animals and flowers. The seahorse on this piece is a very rare image for Otto and appears in small scale on only a very few of his Taufscheine. The “6” which appears on this piece in the upper right corner is interesting and could possibly have been a price or a number in a series of fraktur drawings.
Condition
Good
Published
Minardi, Lisa. Roots: Ursinus College and the Pennsylvania Germans (Trappe, Pa.: Historic Trappe, 2019). p. 68, fig. 3.42., front cover.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, drawing
Image Location
Rights Statement
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