2012.0027.015 Book, Front cover
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Book (Song book)

  • Category:

    Books

  • Creator (Role):

    Johann Adam Eyer

  • Place of Origin:

    Mount Bethel Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1790-1790

  • Materials:

    Paper (laid); Ink; Watercolor

  • Techniques:

    Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    2012.0027.015


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Object Number

2012.0027.015

Object Name

Book (Song book)

Category

Books

Credit Line/Donor

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

Creator (Role)

Johann Adam Eyer
07/27/1755-12/29/1837
References: Amsler, Bucks County Fraktur, see pp. 256-61; Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 134-41. The Earnests note that "Eyer's artistic influence spread so wide, it is sometimes difficult to determine what was his work and what should be attributed to others." However, he rarely made birth and baptismal certificates. (See Earnest, pp. 135-6.) Eyer, a Lutheran, spent most of his forty-year teaching career in Mennonite schools in Bucks and neighboring counties. One of his pupils was Mennonite fraktur artist David Kulp .

Place of Origin

Mount Bethel Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

From about 1792 to 1800 Eyer taught school in Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County.

Date

1790-1790

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; ;

Subjects

Animals; Birds; Angels; Religious imagery

Materials

Paper (laid); Ink; Watercolor

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

Dimensions (centimeters)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
On Eyer, see pp. 256-260.
[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
Published: fig. 68, p.52