Artist/Maker

Leonard, Gardiner

Place Made

Date Made

1850

Medium

ink and watercolor on laid paper

Accession Number

5796.2

Description

Fraktur with floral band at the top, below it reads; “ADALINE OLIVE FANCHER/ daughter to DANL and AMA Fancher/ was born on the 20th Septemebr 1845″ Below a yellow line reads; ” you will please to observe through Life/ That if a young woman….” below the text is an illlustration of a bird on a branch eating from the hand of a woman.

History

Adeline Oliva Fancher was born September 20, 1845 in Monongalia County, West Virginia. She died on Feb 14 1888 in West Virginia.

Credit Line

MESDA Purchase Fund