Sold for:
$16,590
$16,590
Durs Rudy Sr. (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania 1766-1843) , striking watercolor and ink on paper fraktur drawing, ca. 1830, depicting Swiss Grenadiers marching with typical squared off faces, some with instruments or rifles, one holding a flag and one a sword in red, black, and blue uniforms, 8" x 9 3/4". For a similar example, see Moyer, Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection , pg. 286. For other examples, see Shelley, Fraktur Writing of the Pennsylvania Germans , plate 233 and The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia , plates 56 and 57.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2012-10-27
