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Fraktur
Engraver Artist
1808-1808
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Engraver Artist (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Watercolor
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
2013.0031.101 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
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Object Number
2013.0031.101 A
Object Name
Fraktur
Category
Works on Paper - Collection of Pastor Frederick S. Weiser
Creator (Role)
Engraver Artist (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1808-1808
Materials
- Watercolor
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Dimensions (inches)
3.375 (H) x 5.75 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
8.573 (H) x 14.605 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: 10/29/1973 Early American Antiques Auction from the collection of the late James G. Pennypacker.
• Published: lot 200 on p. 57.Article: Weiser, Frederick S. 02//1995 Tiny tokens: Small presentation frakturs. Antiques. 147 (2): 280-289.
• Published: pl. 17 on p. 289.Book: Weiser, Frederick S. 1994 The Gift is Small The Love is Great: Pennsylvania German Small Presentation Frakturs.
• Published: fig. 73 on p. 80.Book: Shelley, Donald A. 1961 The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. 23.
• See fig. 54 for a related image of an eagle by same artist.Catalogue: Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: fig. 79, p.59Article: Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans and the Art of Everyday Life. Antiques and Fine Art. 14 (2): 154-161.
• Published: fig. 11, p. 160.