Polychrome Watercolor Fraktur Birth Record for Mary Tyson

Description:

Polychrome Watercolor Fraktur Birth Record for Mary Tyson, John Van Minian, Pennsylvania, 1814, the central figure of a woman in a black gown flanked by red and yellow tulips on tall leafy and flower stems above a text block reading "Mary Tyson daughter of Isaac &/Susannah Tyson was born on the 4 day/January anno domini 1814, in Limerick Town-/ship Montgomery County Pennsylvania," all within a red and yellow border, in a molded mahogany frame with square corner blocks, ht. 9 1/2, wd. 7 3/4 in.

Provenance: Sotheby's, American Folk Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. G. William Holland of Pennsylvania, January 28, 1995.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $6,000-8,000

Scattered very small tears at the right edge of the sheet, 1 1/2 in. long area of paper restoration along the right edge (not affecting the image),two small tears at the right edge near the lower right corner; some waterstaining to bottom and at right - not too distracting.


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