Lot Essay
See notes to lots 54 and 57. This songbook is included in the Bucks County Fraktur Survey.
ATTRIBUTED TO THE ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP ARTIST, ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP AREA, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1835
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A WATERCOLOR AND INK DECORATED SONGBOOK
Attributed to the Rockhill Township Artist, Rockhill Township Area, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1835
Rectangular bookplate, divided in three registers, the center inscribed in red and black ink, "This little book belongs to me Abraham Meyer...1835" [trans.], and flanked by scrolling green leaves with red, blue and yellow flowers, the leftmost flowering vine with a perched red bird with yellow wing and green tail, together with Abraham Meyer's scored songbook
each page 3 2/3in. high, 6in. wide
Attributed to the Rockhill Township Artist, Rockhill Township Area, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1835
Rectangular bookplate, divided in three registers, the center inscribed in red and black ink, "This little book belongs to me Abraham Meyer...1835" [trans.], and flanked by scrolling green leaves with red, blue and yellow flowers, the leftmost flowering vine with a perched red bird with yellow wing and green tail, together with Abraham Meyer's scored songbook
each page 3 2/3in. high, 6in. wide