Writing sample (Vorschrift) for Heinrich Russing
Works on Paper
Christian Strenge (Scrivener and decorator)
Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
March 1794 (1794-1794)
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
1981.0002
Object Number1981.0002 |
Fraktur (Writing sample)
Writing sample (Vorschrift) for Heinrich Russing
Works on Paper
Museum purchase
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.
Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Strenge appears on the tax returns for Hempfield Township starting in 1789. He taught school in the area near East Petersburg.
March 1794 (1794-1794)
1. Inscription; Bottom; ...von Christian Strenge..
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
12.75 (H) , 15.5 (W) , 12.62 (Image H) , 15.4 (Image W)
32.38 (H) , 39.3 (W) , 12.62 (Image H) , 15.4 (Image W)
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).
Left side: C & JB
Hand colored with watercolors
Watermark of Christian and Johannes Bauman, Ephrata.
Text available soon.
[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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