Motto, with birds and flowers: "Kehr dich auch nicht. . ."

Elisabeth Messner (American, 19th century)

Medium/TechniquePen and watercolor on paper

Dimensions25.72 x 20.32 cm (10 1/8 x 8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession number50.3867

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InscriptionsInscribed in ink inside heart: "Kehr dich auch nicht / an jederman, der dir vor au-/ gen dienen kan: Nicht alles gehet / von herzens-grund, was schön / und lieblich redt / der mund." Below in brown ink: two-line inscription; lower center in red: Elisabeth MessnerProvenance1950, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)