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Fraktur (Drawing)
Reward
1800-1850
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
1957.1234
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1234
Object Name
Fraktur (Drawing)
Title
Reward
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks or Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin probably Bucks or Montgomery Counties. Many of these pieces were made in the Mennonite schools in this region, although they are not exclusive to these counties.
Date
1800-1850
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
5.4 (H) x 2.7 (W) x 5 (Image H) x 2.7 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.7 (H) x 6.9 (W) x 12.8 (Image H) x 6.9 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.7 cm; 8 lines per cm.
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Weiser, Frederick S. 1994 The Gift is Small The Love is Great: Pennsylvania German Small Presentation Frakturs.
• Includes examples of small fraktur and rewards.Book: Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
• For more on fraktur rewards, see p. 31.