"This is to Remember Me When I am Ded", Peter's 19th C. Ink and Watercolor Double Portrait folk art religious especially when the names of

especially when the names of the animals are written across their fronts in the very best manner of kid handwriting a la 1900 or so

crayon and pencil on construction paper

I think we can just glimpse some laundry hanging from the porch of the house to dry

with light scattered stains visible around the perimeter

which wasn't placed very carefully but it easily removed

"This is to Remember Me When I am Ded", Peter's 19th C. Ink and Watercolor Double Portrait folk art religious especially when the names ofThis is to remember me The grass is green The rose is red This is left When I am ded. Signed what looks like Peter S. Burgard; I have turned up a Peter Gurgard born in 1822 in Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, married in 1850 in Erie, NY, which seems about right to me, period wise and in terms of the costumes here but I don't know for certain. There were a few scraps of notes included with it (see photos) noting it was purchased along with a 1829 fraktur