Fraktur (House blessing)

Museum Object Number 1957.1214

Object Name

Fraktur (House blessing)

Title

Haus-Segen

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Ephrata Cloister printshop (Printer)

Creator Notes

References: Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 2, pp. 98-217. The Ephrata printshop is credited with producing the first printed certificates in America. Its press printed forty editions by 1800. (Stopp, p. 98).

Place of Origin

Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1785

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Letterpress, Woodblock, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

17 (H) , 13.8 (W) , 17 (Image H) , 13.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

43.2 (H) , 35.1 (W) , 17 (Image H) , 13.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain interval: 2.6 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 pl. III, p. 315-6.
[Book] Yoder, Don. 2005 The Pennsylvania German Broadside: A History and Guide.
• For more info. on Pennsylvania German house blessings, see pp. 195-207.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 2005 Flying Leaves and One-Sheets: Pennsylvania German Broadsides, Fraktur, and Their Printers.
• Related example, p. 149.