Object Number 1957.1213 A

Object Name

Fraktur (Religious text)

Title

Golden ABC (Acrostic alphabet)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Origin is southeastern Pennsylvania. Many of these alphabets were made in Mennonite and Schwenkfelder communities in Bucks and Montgomery Counties.

Date

January 24 1808 (1808-1808)

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Hand lettered, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

7.6 (H) , 13 (W) , 7.6 (Image H) , 13 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

19.4 (H) , 33 (W) , 7.6 (Image H) , 13 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements of panel A-F. H at left. W at bottom. Panel G-M: H (at left) 7.7 in. (19.6 cm); W (at bottom ) 13.0 in. (33.0 cm). Panel N-S: 7.7 in. (19.5 cm); W (at bottom) 13.125 in. (33.3 cm). Panel T-Z: H (at left) 7.75 in. (19.7 cm). W (at bottom) 13.2 in. (33.5 cm). Image H and W same as panel H and W. Chain interval: 2.7 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

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