Reward
Works on Paper
Bucks or Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1800-1850
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn , Hand colored, Painted
1957.1234
Object Number1957.1234 |
Fraktur (Drawing)
Reward
Works on Paper
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Bucks or Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Origin probably Bucks or Montgomery Counties. Many of these pieces were made in the Mennonite schools in this region, although they are not exclusive to these counties.
1800-1850
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn , Hand colored, Painted
5.4 (H) , 2.7 (W) , 5 (Image H) , 2.7 (Image W)
13.7 (H) , 6.9 (W) , 5 (Image H) , 2.7 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.7 cm; 8 lines per cm.
Hand colored with watercolors
Text available soon.
[Book] Weiser, Frederick S. 1994 The Gift is Small The Love is Great: Pennsylvania German Small Presentation Frakturs.
• Includes examples of small fraktur and rewards.
[Book] Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
• For more on fraktur rewards, see p. 31.