Museum Object Number1960.0347 A |
Fraktur (Bookplate)
Copy book (Vorschiften Buchlein) bookplate for Maria Eicklin (Eichl)
Works on Paper
Museum purchase
Johann Adam Eyer (Scrivener and decorator)
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
Durham Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Attributed to Eyer while he taught at the Durham School, in Durham Township, Bucks County.
1796
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
8 (H) , 6.7 (W) , 8 (Image H) , 6.7 (Image W)
20.3 (H) , 17 (W) , 8 (Image H) , 6.7 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom.
none
Hand colored with watercolors
Text available soon.
[Book] Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.
• Published on p. 261, fig. 224, and referenced on p. 258.
[Article] Weiser, Frederick S. 1980 "I A E S D: The Story of Johann Adam Eyer (1755-1837), Schoolmaster and Fraktur Artist, With a Translation of His Roster Book, 1779-1787", in 1980. Ebbes fer Alle-Ebber, Ebbes fer Dich/Something for Everyone, Something for You: Essays in Memorium for Albert Franklin Buffington. 14. 437-506.
• Published as fig. 11, on p. 454.
[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.