Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed THE CYCLOPAEDIA or Universal Dictionary of Arts falling out and away

falling out and away

And what a beauty of a big red "blank book

with the pair’s situation on what looks to be a farm lending a whole different sort of atmosphere and context

I'm a complete sucker for a handmade toy boat

at her piano

Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed THE CYCLOPAEDIA or Universal Dictionary of Arts falling out and awayAmong 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