Object Number 1961.0043 A

Object Name

Fraktur (Drawing)

Title

Untitled (Three Women with Flowers)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

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.

Place of Origin

Berks or Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin probably Berks or Dauphin County.

Date

1785-1800

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored

Construction Description

Paper made from bast fibers.

Dimensions (inches)

13.1 (H) , 16.1 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 16.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.2 (H) , 40.8 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 16.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.6-2.7 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.