Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed THE CYCLOPAEDIA or Universal Dictionary of Arts at her piano

at her piano

with the pair’s situation on what looks to be a farm lending a whole different sort of atmosphere and context

then on the bottom of the box on Feb 22

And what a beauty of a big red "blank book

) I find the combination of colors and patterns completely gorgeous and would be content just to set it somewhere or hang it on the wall to look at

Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed THE CYCLOPAEDIA or Universal Dictionary of Arts at her pianoAmong 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