1957.1236 Fraktur, 1964.1556 Frame, view 1
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Fraktur (Drawing)

  • Title:

    Reward

  • Category:

    Works on Paper

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1790-1825

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

  • Techniques:

    Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.1236


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Object Number

1957.1236

Object Name

Fraktur (Drawing)

Title

Reward

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Origin is southeastern Pennsylvania, probably Bucks or Montgomery Counties. Previously said to be possibly Berks County.

Date

1790-1825

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

4 (H) , 2.8 (W) , 4 (Image H) , 2.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

10.2 (H) , 7.1 (W) , 4 (Image H) , 2.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.7 cm; 10-11 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.