Portrait of a cow named Careta. The cow stands in left profile in a field with hills and trees in the background. The landscape view around the cow has been added with watercolors., Title from manuscript note on recto., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Manuscript note written on recto: Card only., Attributed to Schreiber Studio., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Creator
Schreiber Studio
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.15]
Pencil sketch of scene showing a horse-drawn cart and man shepherding a cow traveling on Berlin Road and in front of a three-story, Victorian-style residence. An ornamental fence lines the property. Two women sit on rockers on the porch and near the open front door of the residence. Trees adorn the property. In the left background, two men row a boat on a waterway., Artist's signature lower left corner., Title from manuscript note on verso of item., Manuscript note on verso: Abbie A. Peacock. No. 31. Original., Date from title., Caption in pencil lower right: Berlin Road., Scribbling in pencil lower left corner., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., Abigail "Abbie" A. Peacock (1864-1927) was an artist who trained at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women 1880-1884. A resident of Friends Insane Asylum, Philadelphia by 1900, Peacock later was a resident of the Camden County Hospital for the Insane beginning in 1905.
Creator
Peacock, Abigail A., 1864-1927, artist
Date
[February 17, 1882]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell - Watercolors & Drawings [P.2018.61.7]
