Works on Paper
Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Watercolor; Ink; Paper (laid)
2013.0031.062
Object Number2013.0031.062 |
Fraktur
Works on Paper
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Origin is probably Upper Saucon Township area of Northampton County, where Jacob Leith resided.
Watercolor; Ink; Paper (laid)
3 (H) , 2.5 (W)
7.6 (H) , 6.3 (W)
Text available soon.
[Book] Wheatcroft, David. 2005 The Authentic Eye: Revisiting Folk Art Masterworks.
• See no. 39 for another fraktur made for Jacob Leith.
[Book] Shelley, Donald A. 1961 The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. 23.
• See no. 211 for another piece probably by the same hand, made for Catharine Meyer of Springfield Township, Bucks County, in 1816.
[Book] Stoudt, John Joseph. 1948 Pennsylvania Folk Art.
• See p. 215 for a related example for Catharina Meyer dated 1816.
[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: fig. 63, p.49
[Article] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans and the Art of Everyday Life. Antiques and Fine Art. 14 (2): 154-161.
• Published: fig. 8, p. 158.