Object Number 1957.1208 A

Object Name

Fraktur (Writing sample)

Title

Writing specimen (Vorschrift) of Jacob Strickler

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Jacob Strickler (Scrivener and decorator)
11/24/1770-06/24/1842
References: Walters, "Jacob Stricker, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Fraktur Artist," Antiques 130, no. 3 (September 1976): 536-43; Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 401-3. Not known for certain Strickler was a preacher or schoolmaster.

Place of Origin

Massanutten, Shenandoah, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley, United States, North America

Origin Notes

The Strickler family, Mennonite Swiss immigrants, moved to Shenandoah (now Page) County, Virginia, as early as 1733. Jacob Strickler (1770-1842), of the third generation in America, lived all his life in Massanutten, a Mennonite community on Mill Creek, near Luray, Shenandoah (now Page) County,

Date

February 16 1794 (1794-1794)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Top line of text; Jacob Strickler

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

12.3 (H) , 15.2 (W) , 12.1 (Image H) , 15 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

31.2 (H) , 38.7 (W) , 12.1 (Image H) , 15 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.4-2.7 cm; 8-9 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

Left of center: crowned triple circle enclosing a coat of arms, center point of crown taller and topped with a cross

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ames, Alexander Lawrence. 2020 The Word in the Wilderness: Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania.
• Published: p. xii, fig.1
[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 240, p. 248.
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: pp. 58 and 115, figs. 57 and 94; p.115, cat. no. 94.
[Article] Walters, Donald R. 1976 Jacob Strickler, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Fraktur Artist. Antiques. 110 (3): 536-43.
• Published: fig. 1, p. 536.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 4, pp. 124-5.
[Article] Evans, Nancy Goyne. 02//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur collection, Part I. Antiques. 103 (2): 307-18.
• Published: fig. 13, p. 318.
[Book] Wust, Klaus. 1972 Virginia Fraktur: Penmanship as Folk Art.
• Published: fig. 6, pp. 5 and 7.
[Book] Hess, Clarke. 2001 Mennonite Arts.
• Published: fig. no. 184, p. 107.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• Published: p. 748.
[Article] Walters, Donald R. 10//1975 Johannes Spitler, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Furniture Decorator. Antiques. 108 (4): 730-735.
• Published: fig. 3, p. 731.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: fig. 1.49, pp. 35 and 236.
[Book] Katcher, Jane, et al. 2007 Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence: Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana.
• Published: p. 299, fig. 19.
[Book] Hinson, Glenn & Ferris, William. 2012 The New Encylcopedia of Southern Culture: Folklife. 14.
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