Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; ink
Transcription:

Anna \ Maria Hoffmännin \

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

Printed. The name in Fraktur, printed in red ink, is in the center of the document. Above it are woodcut prints of two sailing vessels in square frames and a decorative border. Below the name is a winged angel head. It is flanked by two oval frames that hold coats of arms depicting a person with a walking stick and a crown. On the sides are a lyre with two crossed trumpets and vines. See FLP 418 for a related document with the name Johann Wilhelm Hoffmann printed on it and the date 1750.
The woodcut of the lyre with crossed trumpets was used by Christoph Saur on a 1740 book of sermons by George Whitefield. Further linking this document to Saur is the use of both the lyre woodcut and a floral woodcut on the Johann Wilhelm Hoffman document that also appears on other Saur imprints.

Associated Names: Sower
Bibliography:

Karl J. R. Arndt and Reimer C. Eck, eds., The First Century of German Language Printing in the United States of America (Göttingen: Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 1989), vol. 1, pp. 10-13.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of printshop
Region/County:[Philadelphia]
City/Town/Township:[Germantown]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1750
Image Dimensions Width: 13.9 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 417
Creator Name: [Christoph Saur (1693-1758)] - Printer/Publisher