Item No: frk00662

Title:
Drawing (Man with Tulips)

Category:
Drawing

Creators:
Decorator: Anonymous
Scrivener: Anonymous

Creation Place:
County: [Bucks]
State/Province: [Pennsylvania]
Note: Based on design characteristics

Creation Date: ca. 1810

Physical Description: Leaf

Dimensions: 21.1 cm x 12.6 cm

Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink

Media Type: Drawings

Language: German

Scripts/Text: Fraktur

Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. In the center of the document is a walking man wearing breeches, a red tailcoat, and hat. He is smoking a long pipe and carrying a walking stick in one hand. He is flanked by two tall tulips. The text within a rectangular frame is beneath him. The entire document is framed by a decorative border.

Transcription:

Wie sich Ein Wanders=Mann söhnt \ schritt um schritt fort zu Eilen \ Also Will ich in der lehr, \ Zu zu nehmen nicht verweilen

Translation:

As a traveller strives to hurry forth step by step, so will I not wait to increase my knowledge.

Provenance:
Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999).

Weiser Number: 137

Subjects:

• Clothing
• Flowers
• Men
• Staffs (walking sticks)
• Tobacco pipes
• Tulips

Source:
Rare Book Department