Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed THE CYCLOPAEDIA or Universal Dictionary of Arts He's substantial in size--almost 10

He's substantial in size--almost 10 inches tall--and presence

And what a beauty of a big red "blank book

falling out and away

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) 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 He's substantial in size--almost 10Among 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