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Fraktur (Family register)
Familien Tafel (Family Table or Register) of Georg and Maria (Albert) Jacob
Ludwig Crecelius
1820-1840
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Ludwig Crecelius (Scrivener and decorator)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1957.1210 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1210 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Family register)
Title
Familien Tafel (Family Table or Register) of Georg and Maria (Albert) Jacob
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Ludwig Crecelius (Scrivener and decorator)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is probably Berks County.
Date
1820-1840
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom right
Inscription: Fecit Lud: Crecelius
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Still life
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
19.3 (H) x 15 (W) x 18.7 (Image H) x 14.3 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
49.1 (H) x 38 (W) x 47.6 (Image H) x 36.2 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom.
Edition Watermark
wove screen
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published as no. 193, p. 124.Article: Evans, Nancy Goyne. 03//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur Collection: Part II. Antiques. 103 (3): 539-49.
• Published as pl. III, pp. 547-8.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. 161.Book: Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 2003 To the Latest Posterity: Pennsylvania-German Family Registers in the Fraktur Tradition. 37.
Catalogue: 1958 Arts and Crafts of Pennsylvania and Other Notable Americana: Part One of the Collection of the Late Arthur J. Sussel.
• For a related example, see lot 319.Article: Drepperd, Carl William. 10//1942 New Delvings in Old Fields: Found: A 'New' Early American Engraver. Antiques. 42 (4): 204-205.
• For a related example, see p. 205.