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Fraktur (Drawing)
Drawing of a bird
1800-1850
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Graphite
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1957.1253
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1253
Object Name
Fraktur (Drawing)
Title
Drawing of a bird
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin possibly Montgomery County.
Date
1800-1850
Materials
- Ink
- Graphite
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
8.96 (H) x 7.12 (W) x 7.4 (Image H) x 6.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
22.75 (H) x 18.09 (W) x 18.8 (Image H) x 16.5 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom.
Edition Watermark
none
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Moyer, Dennis K. 1998 Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection.
Book: Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.