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Fraktur (Writing sample)
Writing specimen (Vorschrift)
Abraham Hübner
February 23 1773 (1773-1773)
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Abraham Hübner (Scrivener and decorator)
Place of Origin
Worcester Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1957.1183 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1183 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Writing sample)
Title
Writing specimen (Vorschrift)
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Abraham Hübner (Scrivener and decorator)
Place of Origin
Worcester Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Abraham Heebner lived near the present-day village of Cedars, in Worcester Township, Montgomery County, PA.
Date
February 23 1773 (1773-1773)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom
Inscription: Abraham Hubner his hand & pen Dated the 23 Day of/ February\ 1773.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
7.5 (H) x 8.1 (W) x 7.5 (Image H) x 8.1 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
19 (H) x 20.7 (W) x 19 (Image H) x 20.7 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.
Edition Watermark
none
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published as fig. 238, p. 246.Article: Evans, Nancy Goyne. 02//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur collection, Part I. Antiques. 103 (2): 307-18.
• Published as fig. 2, p. 308.Book: Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• Published on p. 415.Book: Moyer, Dennis K. 1998 Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection.
• For more info. on this artist and his work, see pp. 67-73Book: Shelley, Donald A. 1961 The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. 23.
• Published as fig. 159.Article: Walsh, Irene N. 02//1996 The Frakturs of Susanna Heebner. Antiques. 144 (2): 274-283.
• For more info. on the Heebner family of fraktur artists.Thesis: Ames, Alexander Lawrence. 2014 Heavenly Handwriting, Teutonic Type: Faith & Script in German Pennsylvania, ca. 1683-1855. M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in American Material Culture