Object Number 2009.0040.001

Object Name

Fraktur (Drawing)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Johann Adam Eyer (Maker)
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

Hamilton Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Probably Hamilton Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County, PA. Monroe County was formed out of Northampton County in 1836. Eyer taught school in Hamilton Township from about 1800 to 1820.

Date

1810-1825

Subjects

Clergy; Religious imagery; Death

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Dimensions (inches)

10 (H) , 8.175 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

25.4 (H) , 20.765 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: fig. 4.2, pp. 154 and 257.
[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.