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Fraktur (Religious broadside)
ETERNAL LIFE AND ETERNAL DAMNATION
Herman William Villee
1827-1832
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Herman William Villee (Printer)
Place of Origin
Lancaster; Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper
Museum Object Number
1960.0213 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1960.0213 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Religious broadside)
Title
ETERNAL LIFE AND ETERNAL DAMNATION
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Herman William Villee (Printer)
Place of Origin
Lancaster; Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1827-1832
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center
Inscription: PRINTED BY H. W. VILLEE/ Bookseller and Stationer, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper
Techniques
- Woodcut
- Letterpress
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
12.5 (H) x 15 (W) x 11.8 (Image H) x 14.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
31.75 (H) x 38.1 (W) x 30 (Image H) x 36.9 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Measurements by sight, in frame. OH at left. OW at bottom. Image H at center. W at bottom. No measurements in conservation files.
Publisher Summary
H. Villee
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Publisher Name
H. Villee
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 387, pp. 528-29.Book: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962 fall meeting of the Walpole Society selected from the collection of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 99 p.
• Published: no. 118, p. 45.Book: Yoder, Don. 2005 The Pennsylvania German Broadside: A History and Guide.
• Related examples of similar prints.Book: Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 2005 Flying Leaves and One-Sheets: Pennsylvania German Broadsides, Fraktur, and Their Printers.
• Related examples of similar prints.Article: Pieska, Christa. 1989 "The European Origins of Four Pennsylvania German Broadsheet Themes: Adam and Eve; The New Jerusalem-the Broad and Narrow Way; The Unjust Judgement; the Stages fo Life". Der Reggeboge: Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society. 23 (1): 6-32.