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this larger one in 1880
and then exposing the plate to light
a large bird
with wavy lines in alternating directions filling every square of the perfectly imperfect grid not already occupied with (increasingly squished) letters
Surface scratching and paint loss as evident
Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed american folk pottery this larger one in 1880Among 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
