1957.1241 Fraktur, 1964.1554 Frame, view 1
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Fraktur (Drawing)

  • Title:

    Reward

  • Category:

    Works on Paper

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1790-1835

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.1241


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Object Number

1957.1241

Object Name

Fraktur (Drawing)

Title

Reward

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Origin is probably Bucks County.

Date

1790-1835

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

3.9 (H) , 3.7 (W) , 3.5 (Image H) , 3.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

9.9 (H) , 9.3 (W) , 3.5 (Image H) , 3.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Irregular rectangle. H at left. W at bottom.

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.

[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 on the use of small fraktur as rewards, see p. 31.