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Fraktur (Writing sample)
Writing specimen (Vorschrift) of Jacob Strickler
Jacob Strickler
February 16 1794 (1794-1794)
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Jacob Strickler (Scrivener and decorator)
Place of Origin
Massanutten; Virginia; Shenandoah; Shenandoah Valley; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1957.1208 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1208 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Writing sample)
Title
Writing specimen (Vorschrift) of Jacob Strickler
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Jacob Strickler (Scrivener and decorator)
Place of Origin
Massanutten; Virginia; Shenandoah; Shenandoah Valley; United States; North America
Origin Notes
The Strickler family, Mennonite Swiss immigrants, moved to Shenandoah (now Page) County, Virginia, as early as 1733. Jacob Strickler (1770-1842), of the third generation in America, lived all his life in Massanutten, a Mennonite community on Mill Creek, near Luray, Shenandoah (now Page) County,
Date
February 16 1794 (1794-1794)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Top line of text
Inscription: Jacob Strickler
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
12.3 (H) x 15.2 (W) x 12.1 (Image H) x 15 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
31.2 (H) x 38.7 (W) x 30.8 (Image H) x 38.1 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.4-2.7 cm; 8-9 laid lines per cm.
Edition Watermark
Left of center: crowned triple circle enclosing a coat of arms, center point of crown taller and topped with a cross
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ames, Alexander Lawrence. 2020 The Word in the Wilderness: Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania.
• Published: p. xii, fig.1Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 240, p. 248.Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: pp. 58 and 115, figs. 57 and 94; p.115, cat. no. 94.Article: Walters, Donald R. 1976 Jacob Strickler, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Fraktur Artist. Antiques. 110 (3): 536-43.
• Published: fig. 1, p. 536.Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 4, pp. 124-5.Article: Evans, Nancy Goyne. 02//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur collection, Part I. Antiques. 103 (2): 307-18.
• Published: fig. 13, p. 318.Book: Wust, Klaus. 1972 Virginia Fraktur: Penmanship as Folk Art.
• Published: fig. 6, pp. 5 and 7.Book: Hess, Clarke. 2001 Mennonite Arts.
• Published: fig. no. 184, p. 107.Book: Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• Published: p. 748.Article: Walters, Donald R. 10//1975 Johannes Spitler, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Furniture Decorator. Antiques. 108 (4): 730-735.
• Published: fig. 3, p. 731.Book: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: fig. 1.49, pp. 35 and 236.Book: Katcher, Jane, et al. 2007 Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence: Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana.
• Published: p. 299, fig. 19.Book: Hinson, Glenn & Ferris, William. 2012 The New Encylcopedia of Southern Culture: Folklife. 14.