Object Number 2013.0031.053

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)

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

Hamilton Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Monroe County was formed out of Northampton County in 1836. Eyer taught school in Hamilton Township from about 1800 to 1820.

Date

1800-1820

Subjects

American eagle

Materials

Paper (Laid); Ink; Watercolor

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

3.3 (H) , 3.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

8.4 (H) , 8.8 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Robacker, Earl F. 1985 Johann Adam Eyer: 'Lost' Fraktur Writer of Hamilton Square. Pennsylvania Folklife. 34 (3): 98-113.
• See pp. 99, 102 for related examples.
[Book] Weiser, Frederick S. 1994 The Gift is Small The Love is Great: Pennsylvania German Small Presentation Frakturs.
• See p. 29 for related example.
[Article] Robacker, Earl F. 1971 The Fraktur of Monroe County. Pennsylvania Folklife. 21 (1): 2-15.
• See p. 7 for related example.
[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. 80, p.59
[Article] Minardi, Lisa. 10//2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans and the Art of Everyday Life. Early American Life Magazine. 18 - 25.
• Published: p. 24