Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed american folk pottery The books themselves are a

The books themselves are a French history of the Russian Empire

a large bird

with wavy lines in alternating directions filling every square of the perfectly imperfect grid not already occupied with (increasingly squished) letters

I would treat it as a drawing and hang it on the wall

Two Figures, Marvelous c. 1880s Schoolgirl Fraktur Style Watercolor, Framed american folk pottery The books themselves are aAmong my very favorite Pennsylvania finds, this one came out a late 1870s early 80s sketchbook that was very much falling apart, so I extricated it. And it's about as pure an embodiment of the sort of drawing watercolor I love as anything could be. I might guess it was inspired by a Fraktur wedding certificate, but don't know for sure certainly I would call it a fraktur style schoolgirl (or schoolboy) watercolor drawing, of the Pennsylvania folk