LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Watercolor and ink on paper

Measurements:

9.75 in. (24.76 cm.) (height) by 7.88 in. (20.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

Inscribed (translated from German) in ink: Elisabeth Meyer was born / 25 June 1817 / in Hereford Township / Berks County, Pennsylvania./ Remember the Lord our God all your days / and refuse to sin or transgress his / commandments. Live uprightly all the days / of your life, and do not walk in the ways / of wrongdoing. Give alms from your possessions to all who / live uprightly. Do not turn your face / away from any poor man, and the face / of God will not be turned away from / you. If you have many possessions, I make your gift from them. Job 4.:10.6. 7- 8. I [followed by numbers and alphabet].

Exhibited:

"Calligraphy: 'Why Not Learn to Write,'" American Folk Art Museum, 1975; "Masterpieces of American Folk Art," Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey, 1975

Provenance:

Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Cambridge, Maryland; Sotheby Parke-Bernet, "Important Frakturs Embroidered Pictures Theorem Paintings And Other American Folk Art From The Collection Of Edgar William And Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II," May 8-9, 1974, lot 9; Ronald Merican, Kingston, New Jersey; Sotheby's New York, January 19-21, 1996, lot 1062