Fraktur (Drawing)

Museum Object Number 1961.0043 A

Object Name

Fraktur (Drawing)

Title

Untitled (Three Women with Flowers)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

George Friederich Speyer (Artist)

Place of Origin

Berks or Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin probably Berks or Dauphin County.

Date

1785-1800

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Construction Description

Paper made from bast fibers.

Dimensions (inches)

13.1 (H) , 16.1 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 16.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.2 (H) , 40.8 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 16.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.6-2.7 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Evans, Nancy Goyne. 02//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur collection, Part I. Antiques. 103 (2): 307-18.
• Published as fig. 11, p. 314-5.