PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL, late 18th-early 19th century

A Presentation Drawing of a Bird

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PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL, late 18th-early 19th century
Fraktur
A Presentation Drawing of a Bird
centering a small yellow and red bird perched on a foliate branch with a similarly colored stylized blossom, bud and pendant flower, all in a green surround
watercolor and ink on paper
4.1/8 x 3.1/8in.

Lot Essay

This presentation drawing is related to a wide number of drawings, bookplates and Vorschriften produced in Southeastern Pennsylvania at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, suggesting either the work of one artist or copy artists. For related drawings see Christie's on Site, Pennsylvania German Folk Art and Decorative Arts from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Flack, 6 September 1997, lot 364. This drawing is related to several in the Free Library of Philadelphia (see Weiser and Heaney, The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia (Breinigsville, PA., 1976), 162, 575-577, 608, 640, and 710).