Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed american folk pottery with a few clippings on

with a few clippings on reverse

Drawing: 8 3/4" x 6 3/4"

and then exposing the plate to light

I would treat it as a drawing and hang it on the wall

Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed american folk pottery with a few clippings onAmong my very favorite Pennsylvania finds, this one came out a late 1870s early 80s sketchbook that was very much falling apart, so I extricated it. And it's about as pure an embodiment of the sort of drawing watercolor I love as anything could be. I might guess it was inspired by a Fraktur wedding certificate, but don't know for sure certainly I would call it a fraktur style schoolgirl (or schoolboy) watercolor drawing, of the Pennsylvania folk