Auction 081322 Summer Americana Auction
By Casco Bay Auctions
Aug 13, 2022
147 Main Street, Freeport, ME, United States
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LOT 514:

Calligraphic Saddle Horse Illustration.

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Auction took place on Aug 13, 2022 at Casco Bay Auctions
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Calligraphic Saddle Horse Illustration.
Pennsylvania, circa 1850. Artist unknown, possibly the work of C. Scherich. Pen, ink, and watercolor on paper; 19 x 20.875 inches.

For similar examples, see M. Karolik, Collection of American Water Colors and Drawings, Vol II, item 1401; and Shelley, The Fraktur Writings ... of the Pennsylvania Germans, Vol. 23, plate 78. A similar example is also found in the Catalogue of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Boston, 1957, plate 130.

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