An Adam and Eve hand-decorated letterpress broadside decorated by Georg Friedrich Speyer (active
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An Adam and Eve hand-decorated letterpress broadside decorated by Georg Friedrich Speyer (active 1774-1801), circa 1790
(16 in. x 13 in. (sight))
Printed and hand-drawn, watercolor and ink on laid paper, framed.
(16 in. x 13 in. (sight))
Provenance
Private Collection
Merican & Peskin Gallery, New York, 1990
Property of a New York collector.
Note
The printed form attributed to the Ephrata Cloister Printshop, Ephrata, Lancaster County, PA..
For a very similar example see, (1955.95.2), in the collection of the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.
Condition
Retains bright color, overall foxing and some discoloration, hinged along edges to a cardboard backing causing some buckling to paper.. The top proper left corner and bottom proper left corner have narrow strip of white paper covering edge of fraktur- width approx 1/4 in. Some horizontal creases. some roughness to edges.
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An Adam and Eve hand-decorated letterpress broadside decorated by Georg Friedrich Speyer (active
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