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Fraktur (Writing sample)
Writing specimen (Vorschrift)
1790-1820
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks or Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1957.1223 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1223 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Writing sample)
Title
Writing specimen (Vorschrift)
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks or Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is southeastern Pennsylvania, probably Bucks or Montgomery County. Most likely made by a Mennonite artist.
Date
1790-1820
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
6.375 (H) x 12.5 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16.192 (H) x 31.75 (W)
Measurement Notes
Measurements by sight, in frame. Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured. No conservation file.
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.
• See related examples.Book: Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
• For related examples, see pp. 98-104 especially.