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Fraktur (Wunderfisch drawing)
Marvel-Fish (Wunderfisch) Drawing
Andreas Kolb
March 18 1806 (1806-1806)
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Andreas Kolb
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1961.1120
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1961.1120
Object Name
Fraktur (Wunderfisch drawing)
Title
Marvel-Fish (Wunderfisch) Drawing
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Andreas Kolb
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
March 18 1806 (1806-1806)
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
7.9 (H) x 13 (W) x 7.9 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20 (H) x 33.1 (W) x 20 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.
Edition Watermark
GU
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Edition Notes
Watermark of George Unkley 1797-1812 (Gravell, American Watermarks, #267).
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published as fig. 288, on p. 294.Book: Moyer, Dennis K. 1998 Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection.
• Related example on p. 269.Book: Minardi, Lisa. 2015 Drawn with Spirit: Pennsylvania German Fraktur from the Joan and Victor Johnson Collection.
• Published: p. 24, fig. 2-12.