1957.1234 Fraktur, 1964.1558 Frame, view 1
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Fraktur (Drawing)

  • Title:

    Reward

  • Category:

    Works on Paper

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1800-1850

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

  • Techniques:

    Drawn , Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.1234


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Object Number

1957.1234

Object Name

Fraktur (Drawing)

Title

Reward

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 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.

Date

1800-1850

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn , Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

5.4 (H) , 2.7 (W) , 5 (Image H) , 2.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.7 (H) , 6.9 (W) , 5 (Image H) , 2.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.7 cm; 8 lines per cm.

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.