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Fraktur (Drawing)
Drawing of soldiers and ladies
Johann Adam Eyer
1780-1800
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Johann Adam Eyer (Artist)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1961.1124
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1961.1124
Object Name
Fraktur (Drawing)
Title
Drawing of soldiers and ladies
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Johann Adam Eyer (Artist)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin probably Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Date
1780-1800
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
13.1 (H) x 16 (W) x 13.1 (Image H) x 16 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
33.3 (H) x 40.7 (W) x 33.3 (Image H) x 40.7 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 1.7 cm; 8-9 laid lines per cm.
Edition Watermark
"FB"; countermark: fleur de lis
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Edition Notes
Watermark and countermark of Frederick Bicking of Mill Creek, Pennsylvania; found by Gravell on a letter dated 1777.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published as fig. 250, p. 256.Book: Lipman, Jean, et al. 1986 Young America: A Folk-Art History.
• Published on p.136.Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published on p. 83, fig. 100.Book: Lipman, Jean & Winchester, Alice. 1974 The Flowering of American Folk Art, 1776-1876. 288 p.
• Published on p. 117, fig. 155.Book: Lipman, Jean, et al. 1990 Five Star Folk Art: One Hundred American Masterpieces.
• Published as cat. no. 44.Other: Winterthur & Workman Publishing Company. 1992 American Folk Art Calendar (Winterthur).
• Published: 1992Article: Weiser, Frederick S. 1980 "I A E S D: The Story of Johann Adam Eyer (1755-1837), Schoolmaster and Fraktur Artist, With a Translation of His Roster Book, 1779-1787", in 1980. Ebbes fer Alle-Ebber, Ebbes fer Dich/Something for Everyone, Something for You: Essays in Memorium for Albert Franklin Buffington. 14. 437-506.
• Published as fig. 19, on p. 465.Book: Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• On Eyer, see pp. 256-260.