Lot Essay
For a drawing featuring a similar man smoking between two oversized tulips (FLP 137). This bookplate is included in the Bucks County Fraktur Survey.
SCHOOL OF JOHANN ADAM EYER, PROBABLY BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1825
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A WATERCOLOR AND INK DECORATED DRAWING
School of Johann Adam Eyer, probably Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1825
The rectangular page centering a walking profile man with hat and coat flanked by oversized stylized tulips in blue, red and yellow all above a red and yellow dappled divide over the inscribed name "Sophia Gross" and "1825," all in a conforming red and yellow sawtooth and scrolling surround
6in. high, 3¾ in. wide
School of Johann Adam Eyer, probably Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1825
The rectangular page centering a walking profile man with hat and coat flanked by oversized stylized tulips in blue, red and yellow all above a red and yellow dappled divide over the inscribed name "Sophia Gross" and "1825," all in a conforming red and yellow sawtooth and scrolling surround
6in. high, 3¾ in. wide