1957.1244.001 Fraktur, 1957.1244.002 Fraktur, 1964.1547 Frame, view 1
  • 1957.1244.001 Fraktur, 1957.1244.002 Fraktur, 1964.1547 Frame, view 1
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Fraktur (Drawing)

  • Title:

    Reward

  • Category:

    Works on Paper

  • Place of Origin:

    Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1790-1835

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.1244.002


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Object Number

1957.1244.002

Object Name

Fraktur (Drawing)

Title

Reward

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin is probably southeastern Pennsylvania.

Date

1790-1835

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

5.5 (H) , 3.13 (W) , 5.4 (Image H) , 3.09 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.97 (H) , 7.95 (W) , 5.4 (Image H) , 3.09 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at right.

Coloring

Hand colored with transparent and opaque 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.
[Book] Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
On the use of small fraktur as rewards, see p. 31.