Plate 12: From the Portfolio "Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania"

American 20th Century

National Gallery of Art

This print shows two stylized birds perched on a leafy green plant growing from a small pot. The birds are in tones of dark red, brown, and yellow, and both face right, with one perched above the other. The branches extend from a yellow-and-red dotted pot at the bottom center, and a large flower hangs from the plant on the right side of the print. The flower is in shades of red, brown, yellow, and green, with some sections showing the off-white paper of the background. The colorful image is in the center of the page, and the rest of the paper is blank, with the words "FROM A BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE 1841" printed in black at the bottom.