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Fraktur (Drawing)
Reward
Rockhill Artist
1830-1850
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Rockhill Artist (Artist)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1957.1237
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1237
Object Name
Fraktur (Drawing)
Title
Reward
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Rockhill Artist (Artist)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Bucks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1830-1850
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
4.1 (H) x 3.3 (W) x 4.1 (Image H) x 3.3 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
10.4 (H) x 8.4 (W) x 10.4 (Image H) x 8.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom.
Edition Watermark
none
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Amsler, Cory M. 2001 Bucks County Fraktur.
• For more info. on the Rockhill Artist, see pp. 307-309.Book: Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• For more info. on the Rockhill Artist, see pp. 653-654.Book: Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
• For more on the use of rewards, see p. 31.Book: Weiser, Frederick S. 1994 The Gift is Small The Love is Great: Pennsylvania German Small Presentation Frakturs.
• Many examples of small fraktur and rewards.