Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 289
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Heisse dein Schifflein nur Folgen der Wellen Spur Gott ist der Steuermann \ der es schon leiten kan Hoffnung laß für und für Bleiben dein Schiff Panier Sieht es \ heut stürmisch drein morgen wirds stille sein 1775

Translation:

Let your little ship only follow the path of the waves. God is the helmsman who can guide it. Let hope be forever and ever your ship’s banner. If it seems stormy today, tomorrow will be still. 1775.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur is in the lower portion of the document. Above it is a sailing vessel with two people on deck.

Associated Names: Schumacher, Daniel
Bibliography:

“Daniel Schumacher” 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. 2, pp. 685-692.

John Joseph Stoudt, Early Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts  (New York, NY: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1964), published as fig. 311.

John Joseph Stoudt, Pennsylvania German Folk Art  (Allentown, Pa.: The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1966), published on p. 230.

Robert Bishop, Folk Painters of America (Greenwich House, NY: Crown Publishers, 1979), published on p. 113.

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

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1775
Image Dimensions Width: 19.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 697
Creator Name: [Daniel Schumacher (c. 1729-1787)] - Decorator
[Daniel Schumacher (c. 1729-1787)] - Scrivener