1957.1235 Fraktur, 1964.1557 Frame, view 1
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Fraktur (Drawing)

  • Title:

    Reward

  • Category:

    Works on Paper

  • Creator (Role):

    Rockhill Artist (Artist)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1830-1850

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.1235


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Object Number

1957.1235

Object Name

Fraktur (Drawing)

Title

Reward

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Rockhill Artist (Artist)
The Rockhill Artist worked in Bucks County, Pennsylvania from c. 1830-1848, producing small watercolor drawings and bookplates.

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

The Rockhill Artist worked in Rockhill, Springfield, Hilltown, and Bedminster Townships, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Date

1830-1850

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

3.9 (H) , 3.13 (W) , 3.6 (Image H) , 3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

9.8 (H) , 7.94 (W) , 3.6 (Image H) , 3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.
For more on the Rockhill Artist, see pp. 307-309.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
For more on the Rockhill Artist, see pp. 653-654. This example not listed.
[Book] Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
For mor eon the use of fraktur rewards, see p. 31.
[Book] Weiser, Frederick S. 1994 The Gift is Small The Love is Great: Pennsylvania German Small Presentation Frakturs.
Many examples of small fraktur and rewards.