Museum Object Number2013.0031.051 |
Fraktur
Works on Paper
Collection of Pastor Frederick S. Weiser
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
Johann Adam Eyer (Maker)
References: Amsler, Bucks County Fraktur, see pp. 256-61; Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 134-41. The Earnests note that "Eyer's artistic influence spread so wide, it is sometimes difficult to determine what was his work and what should be attributed to others." However, he rarely made birth and baptismal certificates. (See Earnest, pp. 135-6.) Eyer, a Lutheran, spent most of his forty-year teaching career in Mennonite schools in Bucks and neighboring counties. One of his pupils was Mennonite fraktur artist David Kulp .
07/27/1755
12/29/1837
Hamilton Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Monroe County was formed out of Northampton County in 1836. Eyer taught school in Hamilton Township from about 1800 to 1820.
1800-1820
Paper (Laid); Ink; Watercolor
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
4.9 (H) , 2.8 (W)
12.5 (H) , 7.2 (W)
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[Book] Weiser, Frederick S. 1994 The Gift is Small The Love is Great: Pennsylvania German Small Presentation Frakturs.
• Published: fig. 21 on p. 38.
[Article] Robacker, Earl F. 1985 Johann Adam Eyer: 'Lost' Fraktur Writer of Hamilton Square. Pennsylvania Folklife. 34 (3): 98-113.
• More info. on artist.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• On Eyer, see pp. 256-260.