Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Drawing |
Object ID # |
2013.68.5 |
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, watercolor, ink |
Dimensions |
H-4.125 W-2.5 inches |
Description |
Small drawing, probably a school reward, of a tulip plant growing out of a small heart containing the date 1789. There are three other flowers on each side of the stem, which is full of large green leaves. The flowers are colored in red, yellow and blue. There is a small flourish on either side of the heart. |
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 (#2013.68.3,4,6). |
Source |
Gift of Mary Jane Lederach Hershey & Hiram R. Hershey |
People |
Eyer, John Adam, 1755-1837 |
Collection |
Fraktur |