Framed ink & watercolor parrot drawing
Updated August 26, 2026
| Lot number | 420 |
| Category | Fine Art & Prints |
| Auction | September Cataloged Antique Auction |
| Date | September 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT |
| Auction house | Horst Auctioneers |
| Location | Ephrata, Pennsylvania |
ca. 1800-1840; Uknown artist Fraktur-type ink and watercolor drawing of a parrot. The image on early "bond-type" paper that was part of a school ciphering book is possibly an attempt to copy a Johann Heinrich Otto parrot on an earlier Fraktur, framed in two sided glass to allow seeing of reverse of paper, which has several mathematical equations; Frame - 6" x 10"; Condition: single sheet removed from a ciphering book.
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