Item Info

Scripts/Text: German script
Weiser Number: 577
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

[on reverse]
Jacob Lethermann 
 

Category: Drawing
Media Type: Drawings
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. In the center of the document is a tall, leafy plant with a large flower on top and two smaller flowers at its sides. The drawing is framed by a decorative border. The text in Roman script is on the reverse.  See FLP 606 and 607 for closely-related examples.

Associated Names: Letherman, Jacob
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

 

Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), p. 333.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics and related examples
Region/County:[Bucks]
City/Town/Township:[Deep Run, Bedminster Township]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1840
Image Dimensions Width: 15 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 608
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator