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Fraktur
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Northampton; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Watercolor
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
2013.0031.062
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
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Object Number
2013.0031.062
Object Name
Fraktur
Category
Works on Paper - Collection of Pastor Frederick S. Weiser
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Northampton; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is probably Upper Saucon Township area of Northampton County, where Jacob Leith resided.
Materials
- Watercolor
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Dimensions (inches)
3 (H) x 2.5 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
7.6 (H) x 6.3 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
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.49Article: 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.