Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Drawing |
Object ID # |
2013.68.4 |
Other Name |
Reward of Merit |
Title |
John Adam Eyer drawing, 1789 |
Creator |
Eyer, John Adam, 1755-1837 (attributed) |
Place of Origin |
Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1789 |
Material |
Laid paper (watermarked), watercolor, ink |
Dimensions |
H-5 W-3.625 inches |
Description |
Small drawing, probably a school reward, of a group of flowers growing out of a round bulb containing the date 1789. The stems are full of green leaves with yellow highlights. The flowers are colored in red, green, yellow and blue. A simple double line border surrounds. The paper is watermarked "B". |
Provenance |
Purchased by the donor on the household auction of Mrs. Florence Miller, in Perkasie, PA in May 1979, along with three other small rewards by the same artist (#2013.68.3,5,6). |
Source |
Gift of Mary Jane Lederach Hershey & Hiram R. Hershey |
People |
Eyer, John Adam, 1755-1837 |
Collection |
Fraktur |