Anna Beidler Fraktur Watercolor, (painting).

Anna Beidler Fraktur Watercolor, (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Anna Beidler Fraktur Watercolor, (painting).

Watercolor on paper.

7 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.

Written with blocked letters (cross-stitch style) is the name Anna Beidler. At the top of the piece is a tulip with stalk and leaves in red, green, and light brown.

Primitive -- Fractur

Homage -- Beidler, Anna

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, P.O. Box 82, Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438 Accession Number: 85-31-1

Donated by Freeborn, William P., Mrs., Harleysville, Pennsylvania April 1985.

The piece probably belonged to Anna Beidler, daughter of Jacob and Susanna Kraut Beidler, of Hilltown Township, Bucks County. Anna Beidler married Samuel Stover (1804-1888). They were the great great grandparents of the donor, Mrs. William P. Freeborn.

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, 1988.

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