Item Info

Creation Date: 12/3/1811
Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 65
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Laß dein Engel \ mit mir fahren \ auf Elias wa= \ gen=roth

[on reverse]
Susanna Scheurersin den 3ten Tag \ December 1811

Translation:

Let your angels ride with me in Elias’ chariot of fire.

[on reverse]
Susanna Scheurersin, December the 3rd day, 1811.

Category: Reward of Merit (Belohnung)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The verse in Fraktur is within a heart in the lower center of the document. From it protrudes a large flower. The heart is flanked by tulips. The entire document is framed by a decorative border. The name and date in Fraktur on the reverse are written vertically along the right edge of the leaf.

Associated Names: Scheurer, Susanna
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Martin Brechall" in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2^nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 117-123.

Lisa Minardi, "Quill & Brush: An Introduction to Pennsylvania German Fraktur," in Framing Fraktur: Pennsylvania German Material Culture & Contemporary Art, ed. Judith Tannenbaum (Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 2015), published on p. 38 as fig. 24. 

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Lehigh]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 19.8 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 469
Creator Name: [Martin Brechall (c. 1757-1831)] - Decorator
[Martin Brechall (c. 1757-1831)] - Scrivener