Adam and Eve
Works on Paper
George Friederich Speyer (Artist)
Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1785-1800
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Letterpress, Painted
1955.0095.002
Object Number1955.0095.002 |
Fraktur (Religious broadside)
Adam and Eve
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, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Speyer worked in Berks, Dauphin, and Lancaster counties.
1785-1800
Religious imagery; Adam and Eve; Biblical scene
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Letterpress, Painted
15.9 (H) , 13.3 (W) , 15.9 (Image H) , 13.3 (Image W)
40.3 (H) , 33.8 (W) , 15.9 (Image H) , 13.3 (Image W)
H at right. W at top. Chain intervals (difficult to tell): 2.5-2.6 cm.
none visible
Hand colored with watercolors
Text available soon.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: with chest 55.95.1 as fig. 2, 121-3.
[Article] Evans, Nancy Goyne. 02//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur collection, Part I. Antiques. 103 (2): 307-18.
• Published: fig. 10, p. 312 and 314.
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: fig. 61, p. 60.
[Article] Mass, Jennifer, et al. 09//2005 Materials of the Pennsylvania German Fraktur Artist. Antiques. 168 (3): 128-135.
• Published: with chest 55.95.1 as plate 1.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• For more info. on Speyer, see pp. 722-725.
[Article] Pieska, Christa. 1989 "The European Origins of Four Pennsylvania German Broadsheet Themes: Adam and Eve; The New Jerusalem-the Broad and Narrow Way; The Unjust Judgement; the Stages fo Life". Der Reggeboge: Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society. 23 (1): 6-32.
• On the Adam and Eve theme on broadsides, see pp. 10-13.
[Book] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 Drawn with Spirit: Pennsylvania German Fraktur from the Joan and Victor Johnson Collection.
• Published: p. 31, fig. 2-21.
[Book] Gilgenast, Trudy E. 2010 Pennsylvania German Broadsides: Reflection of Daily Life 1741 - 1890.
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