Sold for:
$20,655
$20,655
William Otto (Schuylkill and Berks County, Pennsylvania active 1834-1840) , watercolor and ink on paper birth record with two-dark haired ladies in striped dresses, colorful birds on floral branches, flanking a center heart-shaped cartouche enclosing script for the son of William Otto and his wife, Agatha, signed middle center William Otto 1837 , 12 1/2" x 16". William Otto was the son of fraktur artist Heinrich Otto. For a similar example, see the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle, Sotheby's, May 1995, Lot 359. Provenance: David Wheatcroft.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2013-01-12
