Colored drawing of a stag, attributed to David Fry, framed. Small drawing done on wove paper (4/5" x 3.5") of brown stag standing sideways and facing forward. Standing on green grassy area with three flowering plants. Round nostrils and round eyes with pupils. Unsigned. Strips of pasted on paper at top and bottom adhere artwork to pressed paper frame having embossed decoration including scrolling foliate border and anthemion at top. Colorful plaid-printed paper infills flat center sections of frame.
Inscribed in inked script on center of reverse is "Betsy Erhard/1829." The number '23' is pencilled on adhered framing paper. Frey would have been 70 years old when he made this drawing. (By Wendell Zercher)
Generally good, but considerable damage. Paper drawing has holes and losses at right center, adhered paper at edges; general darkening & soil with 6 large moisture and mildew and/or foxing around edges. Long tear at left above center, several punctures in grass area near left side. Drawing detaching from frame & pasted paper. Frame has four horizontal cracks at side members.
Two colored, geometric drawings done with a compass on an elongated rectangular piece of paper with the inscription written down below in script in black ink, "Miss Jane Whitehill Sep 27th 1824." Each drawing fills nearly one-half of paper.
The left drawing is a multi-colored ball within an outer ring. On the yellow ground of the ball are drawn six 'eye' shapes overlapping each other, with the resulting inner spaces colored with multiple colors: dark brown/black, turquoise, baby blue, yellow, light red and dark olive green.
The right design has a floral appearance, like an 8-pointed snowflake within an 8-lobed leaf or flower. The inner 'snowflake' design is painted light red.
Buff paper is heavily stained/burned, especially the right half; dark circular stain at upper left corner and small stain above right design; fold at center where the bottom 1/2" is breaking, with additional folds overall; one 1/2-inch tear within right design at '10 o'clock.'
