Object Number 2013.0031.085 A

Object Name

Fraktur (Drawing)

Title

Drawing of flowers and a face

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle

Creator (Role)

Friedrich Krebs (Maker)-1815
References: Weiser, "The Mad, Lovable World of Frederick Krebs," Der Reggeboge, 1988, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 49-88; Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, p. 237-44. Krebs was the most prolific fraktur artist in America. It is believed he (like Christian Strenge) was a Hessian soldier who either stayed or returned to the United States after the Revolutionary War. He purchased thousands of printed birth and baptismal certificates from varous Reading printers.

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Probably Berks or Dauphin County, PA.

Date

1790-1810

Materials

Watercolor; Ink; Paper (laid)

Dimensions (inches)

4 (H) , 2.6 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

10.2 (H) , 6.5 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Weiser, Frederick S. 1988 "Ach Wie ist die Welt so Toll! The mad, lovable world of Friedrich Krebs.". Der Reggeboge: Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society. 22 (2): 49-88.
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