Object Number 1960.0347 A

Object Name

Fraktur (Bookplate)

Title

Copy book (Vorschiften Buchlein) bookplate for Maria Eicklin (Eichl)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Johann Adam Eyer (Scrivener and decorator)
07/27/1755-12/29/1837
References: Amsler, Bucks County Fraktur, see pp. 256-61; Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 134-41. The Earnests note that "Eyer's artistic influence spread so wide, it is sometimes difficult to determine what was his work and what should be attributed to others." However, he rarely made birth and baptismal certificates. (See Earnest, pp. 135-6.) Eyer, a Lutheran, spent most of his forty-year teaching career in Mennonite schools in Bucks and neighboring counties. One of his pupils was Mennonite fraktur artist David Kulp .

Place of Origin

Durham Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Attributed to Eyer while he taught at the Durham School, in Durham Township, Bucks County.

Date

1796

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

8 (H) , 6.7 (W) , 8 (Image H) , 6.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.3 (H) , 17 (W) , 8 (Image H) , 6.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.
• Published on p. 261, fig. 224, and referenced on p. 258.
[Article] Weiser, Frederick S. 1980 "I A E S D: The Story of Johann Adam Eyer (1755-1837), Schoolmaster and Fraktur Artist, With a Translation of His Roster Book, 1779-1787", in 1980. Ebbes fer Alle-Ebber, Ebbes fer Dich/Something for Everyone, Something for You: Essays in Memorium for Albert Franklin Buffington. 14. 437-506.
• Published as fig. 11, on p. 454.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• On Eyer, see pp. 256-260.