Object Number 1961.1124

Object Name

Fraktur (Drawing)

Title

Drawing of soldiers and ladies

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Johann Adam Eyer (Artist)
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

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

Origin Notes

Origin probably Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Date

1780-1800

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

13.1 (H) , 16 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 16 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.3 (H) , 40.7 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 16 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 1.7 cm; 8-9 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

"FB"; countermark: fleur de lis

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

Watermark and countermark of Frederick Bicking of Mill Creek, Pennsylvania; found by Gravell on a letter dated 1777.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published as fig. 250, p. 256.
[Book] Lipman, Jean, et al. 1986 Young America: A Folk-Art History.
• Published on p.136.
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published on p. 83, fig. 100.
[Book] Lipman, Jean & Winchester, Alice. 1974 The Flowering of American Folk Art, 1776-1876. 288 p.
• Published on p. 117, fig. 155.
[Book] Lipman, Jean, et al. 1990 Five Star Folk Art: One Hundred American Masterpieces.
• Published as cat. no. 44.
[Other] Winterthur & Workman Publishing Company. 1992 American Folk Art Calendar (Winterthur).
• Published: 1992
[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. 19, on p. 465.
[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.