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Fraktur (Religious text)
Golden ABC (Acrostic alphabet)
1780-1840
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1957.1254 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1254 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Religious text)
Title
Golden ABC (Acrostic alphabet)
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is southeastern Pennsylvania, probably Montgomery County. Many of these alphabets were made in Schwenkfelder and Mennonite communities in Montgomery County, although they are not exclusive to this area.
Date
1780-1840
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
11.13 (H) x 16.3 (W) x 11.13 (Image H) x 16.3 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
28.26 (H) x 41.4 (W) x 28.26 (Image H) x 41.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H and W at center. Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.
Edition Watermark
Britannia within banded circle surmounted by a crown at left; countermark "GR" at right
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
• For other alphabet examples, see pp. 62-63, 72-73.Book: Moyer, Dennis K. 1998 Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection.
• For other alphabet examples, see pp. 89 and 194.