Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Drawing |
Object ID # |
2013.68.10 |
Other Name |
Reward of Merit |
Title |
Drawing of two owls, early 19th cen. |
Creator |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
Year Range from |
1810 |
Year Range to |
1840 |
Material |
Wove paper, watercolor, ink |
Dimensions |
H-5.875 W-7.75 inches |
Description |
Primitive folk art drawing of two colorful owls on branches with flowers. Colors: yellow, red, and black. Paper was cut crooked. |
Provenance |
Found in the family Bible of Jacob M. Bechtel (1809-1886) and Susanna Reiff Bechtel (1808-1883), great-grandparents of Mrs. Ruth Graber, late of Pennsburg, PA. Purchased by the donor at Mrs. Graber's household auction in Pennsburg, March 1974. |
Source |
Gift of Mary Jane Lederach Hershey & Hiram R. Hershey |
People |
Bechtel, Jacob M., 1809-1886 Bechtel, Susanna B. Reiff, 1808-1883 |
Collection |
Fraktur |