Museum Object Number1957.1222 A |
Fraktur (Writing sample)
Writing specimen (Vorschrift) for Christian Wegner
Works on Paper
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
John Whisler (Scrivener and decorator)
References: Earnest, Papers for School Dayes, pp. 446-47. Winterthur's Vorschrift, 57.1222, is the only signed example known. Whistler's copybook (written in German and English) was discovered and sold at auction in the late 1980s. In it, Whistler notes he was "received to the Mennonites" but 29 years later was "baptized to the German Reformed Baptists." (See Earnest, p. 446.)
Mifflin Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
JOhannes Whistler was a schoolmaster in Mifflin Township, Cumberland County from c. 1814-1816.
March 1 1816 (1816-1816)
1. Inscription; Bottom right, end of text; Soly Deo Glory John Whisler
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
8 (H) , 12.8 (W) , 7.8 (Image H) , 12.7 (Image W)
20.4 (H) , 32.5 (W) , 7.8 (Image H) , 12.7 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.7 cm; 10 laid lines per cm.
Hand colored with watercolors
Text available soon.
[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published as fig. 231, pp. 240-41.
[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. 817.