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This artist and fraktur are on file in the Decorative Arts Photographic Collection, The Henry Francis du Pont Wintertur Museum, NEH 473, 12 - 13.
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A WATERCOLOR AND INK DECORATED FRAKTUR-SCHRIFTEN TEXT
SIGNED JOHN L. DETWEILER, BUCKS COUNTY, DATED 1818
The central text in red and black ink, featuring in the upper left corner a figure in decorated costume with ink inscription, and signed below by John L. Detweiler, with the date 1818 in red ink--7½ x 9½in.
SIGNED JOHN L. DETWEILER, BUCKS COUNTY, DATED 1818
The central text in red and black ink, featuring in the upper left corner a figure in decorated costume with ink inscription, and signed below by John L. Detweiler, with the date 1818 in red ink--7½ x 9½in.