Reward
Works on Paper
Bucks or Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1790-1825
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
1957.1236
Object Number1957.1236 |
Fraktur (Drawing)
Reward
Works on Paper
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Bucks or Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Origin is southeastern Pennsylvania, probably Bucks or Montgomery Counties. Previously said to be possibly Berks County.
1790-1825
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
4 (H) , 2.8 (W) , 4 (Image H) , 2.8 (Image W)
10.2 (H) , 7.1 (W) , 4 (Image H) , 2.8 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.7 cm; 10-11 laid lines per cm.
none
Hand colored with watercolors
Text available soon.
[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.
[Book] Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
• For more info. on the use of fraktur as rewards, see p. 31.