Object Number 2013.0031.058

Object Name

Fraktur

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle

Creator (Role)

Daniel Schumacher (Maker)
c. 1729-05//1787
References: Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 360-64; Swank, Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans, p. 261. Schumacher is one of a few fraktur artists who were also pastors - although he was not ordained by the Lutheran Church and therefore should not have been administering the sacraments (The Earnests provide a rather frank account of his life.)

Materials

Watercolor; Ink; Paper (laid)

Dimensions (inches)

6 (H) , 8 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.3 (H) , 20.4 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: fig.57, p. 44