Reward
Works on Paper
Rockhill Artist (Artist)
Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1830-1850
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
1957.1237
Object Number1957.1237 |
Fraktur (Drawing)
Reward
Works on Paper
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Rockhill Artist (Artist)
The Rockhill Artist worked in Bucks County, Pennsylvania from c. 1830-1848, producing small watercolor drawings and bookplates.
Bucks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1830-1850
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
4.1 (H) , 3.3 (W) , 4.1 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)
10.4 (H) , 8.4 (W) , 4.1 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom.
none
Hand colored with watercolors
Text available soon.
[Book] Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.
• For more info. 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 info. on the Rockhill Artist, see pp. 653-654.
[Book] Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
• For more on the use of 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.