Object Number 2013.0031.080

Object Name

Fraktur (Religious text)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

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

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Probably Montgomery County, PA.

Date

1790-1810

Subjects

Flowers; Heart

Materials

Watercolor; Ink; Paper

Techniques

Drawn

Dimensions (inches)

4.5 (H) , 2.6 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11.5 (H) , 6.5 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Weiser, Frederick S. 02//1995 Tiny tokens: Small presentation frakturs. Antiques. 147 (2): 280-289.
• Published: pl. 9 on p. 285.
[Book] Weiser, Frederick S. 1994 The Gift is Small The Love is Great: Pennsylvania German Small Presentation Frakturs.
• Published: fig. 115 on p. 118.
[Article] Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 04//1987 Andreas Kolb, 1749-1811. Mennonite Quarterly Review. 61: 121-201.
• More info. on artist and images.