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A closely related example is illustrated in Frederick Weiser and Howell J. Heaney, Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia, vol. I (Philadelphia, 1976), fig. 269.
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A PAIR OF WATERCOLOR FRAKTUR MUSICAL COPY PAGES
THE COPY PAGES PENNSYLVANIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The first musical copy page bearing an exotic bird perched atop the inscription "London" above a musical staff; the second inscribed "York" with a uniformed soldier clasping a sword over a musical staff--7 1/4in. x 4 7/8in.
THE COPY PAGES PENNSYLVANIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The first musical copy page bearing an exotic bird perched atop the inscription "London" above a musical staff; the second inscribed "York" with a uniformed soldier clasping a sword over a musical staff--7 1/4in. x 4 7/8in.