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Johann Adam Eyer
Mount Bethel Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1790-1790
Paper (laid); Ink; Watercolor
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
2012.0027.015
Object Number2012.0027.015 |
Book (Song book)
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Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
Johann Adam Eyer
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 .
Mount Bethel Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
From about 1792 to 1800 Eyer taught school in Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County.
1790-1790
1. Signature; ;
Animals; Birds; Angels; Religious imagery
Paper (laid); Ink; Watercolor
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
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[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.
[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: fig. 68, p.52