Museum Object Number1957.1248 |
Fraktur (Reward)
Reward for singing (Sing-Bild) for Maria Miller
Works on Paper
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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
Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
February 7 1789 (1789-1789)
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
7.87 (H) , 6.5 (W) , 7.87 (Image H) , 6.5 (Image W)
20 (H) , 16.51 (W) , 7.87 (Image H) , 6.5 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.6 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
Two-headed deer
Hand colored with watercolors
Watermark of Simon Close (1770s to 1795).
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[Article] Evans, Nancy Goyne. 02//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur collection, Part I. Antiques. 103 (2): 307-18.
• Published as fig. 7, p. 311.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• Published on p. 258.
[Book] Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.
• For more on Eyer, see pp. 256-261.
[Article] Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. "The Notenbüchlein Tradition in Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Community Schools", in Amsler, Cory M. Bucks County Fraktur. 115-49.
• More info. on Eyer and the music book tradition. Listed on p. 133, fn. 63.
[Book] Schiffer, Margaret B. 1980 Arts and Crafts of Chester County.
• Published on p. 205.
[Book] Ebert, John & Ebert, Katherine. 1975 American Folk Painters. 225 p.
• Published on p. 191.
[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. 23, on p. 470.
[Book] Bird, Michael S. 2002 O Noble Heart: Fraktur and Spirituality in Pennsylvania German Folk Art.
• Published as fig. 141, on p. 137.