1957.1233 Fraktur, 1967.0923 Frame, view 1
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Fraktur (Writing sample)

  • Title:

    Writing specimen (Vorschrift) of Daniel Meyer

  • Category:

    Works on Paper

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1790-1810

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

  • Techniques:

    Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.1233


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Object Number

1957.1233

Object Name

Fraktur (Writing sample)

Title

Writing specimen (Vorschrift) of Daniel Meyer

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 County.

Date

1790-1810

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

7.9 (H) , 13.2 (W) , 7.9 (Image H) , 13.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.1 (H) , 33.6 (W) , 7.9 (Image H) , 13.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at right. Chain interval: 2.6 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
Published as fig. 232, p. 241.
[Book] Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.
Related examples.
[Book] Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
Related examples.
[Book] Shelley, Donald A. 1961 The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. 23.
See fig. 139.