Fraktur (Religious broadside)
Museum Object Number1955.0095.002 |
Object Name
Fraktur (Religious broadside)
Title
Adam and Eve
Category
Works on Paper
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
Creator (Role)
George Friederich Speyer (Artist)
Creator Notes
References: Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 381-85. Speyer used printed certificates, they include Winterthur's fraktur 57.1220, which is attributed to the Ephrata Cloister printshop. His handwriting is difficult to read and, in at least one instance, another scrivener completed a certificate he decorated.
Place of Origin
Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Origin Notes
Speyer worked in Berks, Dauphin, and Lancaster counties.
Date
1785-1800
Subjects
Religious imagery; Adam and Eve; Biblical scene
Materials
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Techniques
Drawn, Hand colored, Letterpress, Painted
Dimensions (inches)
15.9 (H) , 13.3 (W) , 15.9 (Image H) , 13.3 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
40.3 (H) , 33.8 (W) , 15.9 (Image H) , 13.3 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at right. W at top. Chain intervals (difficult to tell): 2.5-2.6 cm.
Watermark
none visible
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Object Description
Text available soon.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: with chest 55.95.1 as fig. 2, 121-3.
[Article] Evans, Nancy Goyne. 02//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur collection, Part I. Antiques. 103 (2): 307-18.
• Published: fig. 10, p. 312 and 314.
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: fig. 61, p. 60.
[Article] Mass, Jennifer, et al. 09//2005 Materials of the Pennsylvania German Fraktur Artist. Antiques. 168 (3): 128-135.
• Published: with chest 55.95.1 as plate 1.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• For more info. on Speyer, see pp. 722-725.
[Article] Pieska, Christa. 1989 "The European Origins of Four Pennsylvania German Broadsheet Themes: Adam and Eve; The New Jerusalem-the Broad and Narrow Way; The Unjust Judgement; the Stages fo Life". Der Reggeboge: Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society. 23 (1): 6-32.
• On the Adam and Eve theme on broadsides, see pp. 10-13.
[Book] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 Drawn with Spirit: Pennsylvania German Fraktur from the Joan and Victor Johnson Collection.
• Published: p. 31, fig. 2-21.
[Book] Gilgenast, Trudy E. 2010 Pennsylvania German Broadsides: Reflection of Daily Life 1741 - 1890.
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