Untitled (Three Women with Flowers)
Works on Paper
George Friederich Speyer (Artist)
Berks or Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1785-1800
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored
1961.0043 A
Object Number1961.0043 A |
Fraktur (Drawing)
Untitled (Three Women with Flowers)
Works on Paper
Museum purchase
George Friederich Speyer (Artist)
References: Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 381-85.
Speyer used printed certificates, they include Winterthur's fraktur 57.1220, which is attributed to the Ephrata Cloister printshop. His handwriting is difficult to read and, in at least one instance, another scrivener completed a certificate he decorated.
Berks or Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Origin probably Berks or Dauphin County.
1785-1800
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored
Paper made from bast fibers.
13.1 (H) , 16.1 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 16.1 (Image W)
33.2 (H) , 40.8 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 16.1 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.6-2.7 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
none
Hand colored with watercolors
Text available soon.
[Article] Evans, Nancy Goyne. 02//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur collection, Part I. Antiques. 103 (2): 307-18.
• Published as fig. 11, p. 314-5.