Object Number 1985.0091

Object Name

Fraktur (Writing sample)

Title

Writing sample (Vorschrift) of Heinrich Cassel

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Anne H. Torbert in memory of Mary E. Cassel Holloway

Place of Origin

Marietta, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

According to donor, Heinrich Cassel was from Marietta, although this fraktur bear similarities to others done in Bucks or Montgomery Counties.

Date

March 12 1790 (1790-1790)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center; Diese Vorschrift geho\eret mir Heinrich Cassel zu. Geschrieben [diese] 12.Mertz.1790.

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid); Matboard

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Drawn, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

12.8 (H) , 15.8 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 16.12 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

32.51 (H) , 40.2 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 16.12 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Thesis] Ames, Alexander Lawrence. 2014 Heavenly Handwriting, Teutonic Type: Faith & Script in German Pennsylvania, ca. 1683-1855. M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
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