This fine example of
calligraphic American folk art
turns 210 years old Friday, December 9th!
calligraphic American folk art
turns 210 years old Friday, December 9th!
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True Lover's Knot, dated 1801
Artist: Hugh Pugh (b.1747/8— d. aft 1807)
About Me
- Meg SM
- Southern New Jersey, United States
- Longtime Graphic Designer with a second career in Kitchen Design; Wife 2.0; Mother of 1/Stepmother of 2, Aunt & Great Aunt, "Baby" Sister, Amateur family researcher. Fraktur and Font Fanatic.
Hugh PUGH's signature monogram
Detail from Lover's Knot. "Lovers well know what it is to part, When between two Lovers there is but one Heart. H. Pugh"
HILLES Farm, near Brownsville, PA.
Occupied by Wm & Rebecca (PUGH) HILLES beginning 1795. Westland, Washington Co. Hugh PUGH lived here with his older sister Rebecca circa 1803. Photo 2007, courtesy Edgar Harris, California Area Historical Society, California, PA.
Dunnings Creek Meetinghouse, original structure. Fishertown, Bedford Co., PA
Mary FISHER married Benjamin BOWEN here, February 20th, 1805.
Mary (FISHER) BOWEN's headstone
Original Location Friends Burial Ground, St. Clair, Bedford Co., PA. Salvaged from destruction, 2006.
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