Object Number 1960.0110 A

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Samuel Gunckel (Kunckel)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Flying Angel Artist (Scrivener and decorator)
References: Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 149-52. Wrongly called the Berks County Limner. The Flying Angel Artist's work is distinguished by placing the central text in a double-ringed circle, with a circular projection at top and broken at bottom with a heart containing the text (translated): "This heart of mine shall be all Thine, O Jesus." The majority of locations on his certificates are in Northampton County - areas now part of Lehigh County near its border with Berks.

Place of Origin

Lynn Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Primary creation place is birthplace on certificate. This area is now part of Lehigh County.

Date

1808-1815

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

12.5 (H) , 15.5 (W) , 12.5 (Image H) , 15.25 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

31.7 (H) , 39.3 (W) , 12.5 (Image H) , 15.25 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH and OW. Chain intervals: 2.6-2.8 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Evans, Nancy Goyne. 03//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur Collection: Part II. Antiques. 103 (3): 539-49.
• Published as fig. 3, pp. 540-41.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• Published on p. 285; for more info. on this artist, see pp. 283-286.
[Catalogue] Breininger, Lester P. 1997 "Celebrating the Pennsylvania Germans: The Kunkel Family Fracturs".
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