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Fraktur (Drawing)
Untitled (Drawing of three buildings, paved street and stream)
Balzer Heÿdrich
1845
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Balzer Heÿdrich (Artist)
Place of Origin
Lower Salford Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
- Mahogany
Museum Object Number
1959.0141 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1959.0141 A, B
Object Name
Fraktur (Drawing)
Title
Untitled (Drawing of three buildings, paved street and stream)
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Balzer Heÿdrich (Artist)
Place of Origin
Lower Salford Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1845
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Between and beneath drawings of buildings
Inscription: Balzer Heÿdrich
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Building view
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
- Mahogany
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
12.9 (H) x 16.3 (W) x 10.1 (Image H) x 13.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
32.8 (H) x 41.4 (W) x 25.6 (Image H) x 34.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Measurements above of (a). H at left. W at bottom. Measurements of (b): H (at left): 16.2 in. (41.2 cm). W (at bottom): 20.1 in. (51.0 cm). D (at bottom left corner): .75 in. (1.90 cm).
Edition Watermark
none
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Moyer, Dennis K. 1998 Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection.
• For biographical information and illustrations of Heÿdrich's bookplates and religious texts, see pp. 142-47.Article: Evans, Nancy Goyne. 03//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur Collection: Part II. Antiques. 103 (3): 539-49.
• Published as fig. 9, pp. 546-7.Book: Shelley, Donald A. 1961 The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. 23.
• For other works by Heydrich, see p. 179.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. 391.Article: Minardi, Lisa. 2011 From Millbach to Mahantongo: Fraktur and Furniture of the Pennsylvania Germans. American Furniture. 2-119.
• Published: p. 91, fig. 131.