Writing specimen (Vorschrift) of Daniel Meyer
Works on Paper
Bucks or Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1790-1810
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
1957.1233
Object Number1957.1233 |
Fraktur (Writing sample)
Writing specimen (Vorschrift) of Daniel Meyer
Works on Paper
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Bucks or Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Origin is southeastern Pennsylvania, probably Bucks or Montgomery County.
1790-1810
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
7.9 (H) , 13.2 (W) , 7.9 (Image H) , 13.2 (Image W)
20.1 (H) , 33.6 (W) , 7.9 (Image H) , 13.2 (Image W)
H at left. W at right. Chain interval: 2.6 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
Hand colored with watercolors
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[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published as fig. 232, p. 241.
[Book] Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.
• Related examples.
[Book] Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
• Related examples.
[Book] Shelley, Donald A. 1961 The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. 23.
• See fig. 139.