1957.1248 Fraktur, 1965.2376 Frame, view 1
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Fraktur (Reward)

  • Title:

    Reward for singing (Sing-Bild) for Maria Miller

  • Category:

    Works on Paper

  • Creator (Role):

    Johann Adam Eyer (Scrivener and decorator)

  • Place of Origin:

    Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    February 7 1789 (1789-1789)

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

  • Techniques:

    Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.1248


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Object Number

1957.1248

Object Name

Fraktur (Reward)

Title

Reward for singing (Sing-Bild) for Maria Miller

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Johann Adam Eyer (Scrivener and decorator)
07/27/1755-12/29/1837
References: Amsler, Bucks County Fraktur, see pp. 256-61; Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 134-41. The Earnests note that "Eyer's artistic influence spread so wide, it is sometimes difficult to determine what was his work and what should be attributed to others." However, he rarely made birth and baptismal certificates. (See Earnest, pp. 135-6.) Eyer, a Lutheran, spent most of his forty-year teaching career in Mennonite schools in Bucks and neighboring counties. One of his pupils was Mennonite fraktur artist David Kulp .

Place of Origin

Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

February 7 1789 (1789-1789)

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

7.87 (H) , 6.5 (W) , 7.87 (Image H) , 6.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20 (H) , 16.51 (W) , 7.87 (Image H) , 6.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.6 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

Two-headed deer

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

Watermark of Simon Close (1770s to 1795).

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Evans, Nancy Goyne. 02//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur collection, Part I. Antiques. 103 (2): 307-18.
Published as fig. 7, p. 311.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
Published on p. 258.
[Book] Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.
For more on Eyer, see pp. 256-261.
[Article] Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. "The Notenbüchlein Tradition in Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Community Schools", in Amsler, Cory M. Bucks County Fraktur. 115-49.
More info. on Eyer and the music book tradition. Listed on p. 133, fn. 63.
[Book] Schiffer, Margaret B. 1980 Arts and Crafts of Chester County.
Published on p. 205.
[Book] Ebert, John & Ebert, Katherine. 1975 American Folk Painters. 225 p.
Published on p. 191.
[Article] Weiser, Frederick S. 1980 "I A E S D: The Story of Johann Adam Eyer (1755-1837), Schoolmaster and Fraktur Artist, With a Translation of His Roster Book, 1779-1787", in 1980. Ebbes fer Alle-Ebber, Ebbes fer Dich/Something for Everyone, Something for You: Essays in Memorium for Albert Franklin Buffington. 14. 437-506.
Published as fig. 23, on p. 470.
[Book] Bird, Michael S. 2002 O Noble Heart: Fraktur and Spirituality in Pennsylvania German Folk Art.
Published as fig. 141, on p. 137.