Object Number 1981.0002

Object Name

Fraktur (Writing sample)

Title

Writing sample (Vorschrift) for Heinrich Russing

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Christian Strenge (Scrivener and decorator)
10/15/1758-04/28/1828
References: Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 396-400; Swank, Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans, p. 262. Strenge was a Hessian solder who came to America in 1776 and remained in the United States after the Revolutionary War ended.

Place of Origin

Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Strenge appears on the tax returns for Hempfield Township starting in 1789. He taught school in the area near East Petersburg.

Date

March 1794 (1794-1794)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom; ...von Christian Strenge..

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

12.75 (H) , 15.5 (W) , 12.62 (Image H) , 15.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

32.38 (H) , 39.3 (W) , 12.62 (Image H) , 15.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.5-2.6 cm; 9 laid lines per cm. Frame measurements: OH 15.25 in. (38.73 cm); OW 17.75 in. (45.0 cm).

Watermark

Left side: C & JB

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

Watermark of Christian and Johannes Bauman, Ephrata.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Johnson, David R. 1995 "Christian Strenge's Fraktur".
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[Article] Johnson, David R. 1979 "Christian Strenge, Fraktur Artist". Der Reggeboge: Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society. 13 (3): 1-24.
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