Object Number 2013.0031.090 A

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)

David Kulp (Maker)
06//1777-01//1834
References: Alderfer, "'David Kulp, His Hand and Pen, Beet it if you Can': The Bucks County Brown Leaf Artist Identified" in Amsler, Bucks County Fraktur, pp. 151-65, see also pp. 124-26, 270-74. Kulp's identity was discovered in 1994, when his copybook, dated 1806-22, was found among a lot of German-language books donated to the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. An uncle, cousin and nephew are also named David. Kulp studied under Lutheran schoolmaster and fraktur artist Johann Adam Eyer.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1800-1820

Materials

Watercolor; Ink; Paper (laid)

Dimensions (inches)

2.25 (H) , 3.875 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

5.715 (H) , 9.842 (W)

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.
• Published: fig. 53 on p. 63.
[Book] Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.
• Related examples, pp. 150-65; 270-74.