Museum Object Number2013.0031.042 |
Fraktur (Drawing)
Drawing for Susanna Miller
Works on Paper
Collection of Pastor Frederick S. Weiser
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
Samuel Bentz (Maker)
References: Earnest, Papers for Birth Dates, pp. 55-59. Bentz was known as the Mount Pleasant Artist until 1986, when the only signed work by him was discovered. Bentz's father was an itinerant farmer, joiner and itinerant Lutheran preacher (not an ordained pastor) who committed suicide in 1818. It is unclear whether Bentz was affiliated with any church, and he is one of a few fraktur artists who do not include religious verses on their certificates (he also rarely included birth and baptism location). He is also known for drawing clocks on his certificates.
02/26/1792
03/21/1850
Cocalico Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1828
Watercolor; Ink; Paper (wove)
4.4 (H) , 5 (W)
11.1 (H) , 13 (W)
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[Article] Weiser, Frederick S. 1986 "Samuel Bentz, the 'Mount Pleasant' Artist". Der Reggeboge: Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society. 2 (2)
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