Letter H
Fraktur
Item Info
Weiser Number: 270
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:
H
Category: Alphabet
Media Type: Drawings
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. In the center of the document is a richly decorated capital letter H. The decorations include a variety of flowers, including tulips, rosettes and stars. The entire drawing is framed by a decorative border.
Notes:
Probably Schwenkfelder in origin.
Notes:
Published by Henry S. Borneman and mistakenly described as a capital letter B.
Associated Names: Hübner, Susanna
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman
Bibliography:
"Susanna Hübner" 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), 2nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 418-419.
Dennis K. Moyer, Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1997), pp. 74-80.
Henry S. Borneman, Pennsylvania German Illuminated Manuscripts (Norristown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1937), published as plate 17.
Janine Pollock, "The Free Library of Philadelphia's Pennsylvania German Collection," in Framing Fraktur: Pennsylvania German Material Culture & Contemporary Art, ed. Judith Tannenbaum (Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 2015), published on p. 12 as fig. 1.
Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics and artist's location
Region/County:[Montgomery]
City/Town/Township:[Worcester Township]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1810
Image Dimensions Width: 20.9 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 652
Creator Name: [Susanna Hübner (1750-1818)] - Decorator
[Susanna Hübner (1750-1818)] - Scrivener
Letter H