A WATERCOLOR AND INK DRAWING

ATTRIBUTED TO THE ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP ARTIST, ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP AREA, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1820

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A WATERCOLOR AND INK DRAWING
Attributed to the Rockhill Township Artist, Rockhill Township Area, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1820
Centering a bird with yellow and red tail, yellow wing and blue eye perched on a yellow branch issuing green leaves and yellow, red and blue flowers, all enclosed in a yellow, red and blue surround
8¼in. high, 4¼in. wide sight

Lot Essay

Several drawings are related to this example, and include a songbook plate for Abraham Meyer (lot 58), a bookplate for Henrich Rosenberger dated 1833 in the collection of the Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, a bookplate for Abraham Landes dated 1834 (FLP 721), and a drawing (FLP 641). This drawing is included in the Bucks County Fraktur Survey.