Haus-Segen
Works on Paper
Ephrata Cloister printshop (Printer)
Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1785
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Letterpress, Woodblock, Hand colored, Painted
1957.1214
Object Number1957.1214 |
Fraktur (House blessing)
Haus-Segen
Works on Paper
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Ephrata Cloister printshop (Printer)
References: Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 2, pp. 98-217.
The Ephrata printshop is credited with producing the first printed certificates in America. Its press printed forty editions by 1800. (Stopp, p. 98).
Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1785
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Letterpress, Woodblock, Hand colored, Painted
17 (H) , 13.8 (W) , 17 (Image H) , 13.8 (Image W)
43.2 (H) , 35.1 (W) , 17 (Image H) , 13.8 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Chain interval: 2.6 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
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Hand colored with watercolors
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[Article] Evans, Nancy Goyne. 02//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur collection, Part I. Antiques. 103 (2): 307-18.
• Published as pl. III, p. 315-6.
[Book] Yoder, Don. 2005 The Pennsylvania German Broadside: A History and Guide.
• For more info. on Pennsylvania German house blessings, see pp. 195-207.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 2005 Flying Leaves and One-Sheets: Pennsylvania German Broadsides, Fraktur, and Their Printers.
• Related example, p. 149.