Writing specimen (Vorschrift) of Catharine Neff
Works on Paper
Catharine Neff (Scrivener and decorator)
Marietta, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
April 17 1790 (1790-1790)
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid); Wood
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
1985.0090
Object Number1985.0090 |
Fraktur (Writing specimen)
Writing specimen (Vorschrift) of Catharine Neff
Works on Paper
Gift of Anne H. Torbert in memory of Mary E. Cassel Holloway
Catharine Neff (Scrivener and decorator)
Marietta, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
April 17 1790 (1790-1790)
1. Inscription ; Bottom right on obverse; Catharina Neeffin/ 1790
2. Inscription; Top center on reverse; gehöret Catharina Neeffin/ Geschreiben den 17/ten April 1790.
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid); Wood
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
7.125 (H) , 6.125 (W) , 7.125 (Image H) , 6.125 (Image W)
18.098 (H) , 15.558 (W) , 7.125 (Image H) , 6.125 (Image W)
Measurements folded, H at left. W at center. Unfolded measurements: H (at left) 7.125 in. (18.1 cm); W (at bottom): 12.4 in. (31.5 cm). Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured. Frame measurements: H (at left) 8.0 in. (20.2 cm); W (at bottom) 7.0 in. (17.7 cm); D (at bottom left corner) .5 in. (1.3 cm).
Script letters: "CP"
Hand colored with watercolors
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