Item Info

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

Die Liebe die ist groß, die ich ietz unt nun \ habe, mein Schatz nimm nun mein Hertz \ zu einer Liebes=Gabe von mir. F: W^m B. 

[in heart]
Margaretha \ Seibertin gehrn \ d. 28^ten Octbr. \ 1795.
 

Translation:

The love is great that I have now; my darling, take now my heart as a gift of love from me. F. Wm. B.

[in heart]
To Margaretha Seibertin belongs this, on the 28th of October 1795.
 

Category: Love Letter (Liebesbrief)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The main text in Fraktur is in the lower portion of the document. The name and date within a heart are above it. The heart is flanked on each side stems of leafy flowers. In the upper corners are two stars, and in the upper center is a crown. The entire document is framed by a border that is decorated by three flowers on the sides and bottom. See FLP 653 for another Fraktur by this artist.

A family record for the Seibert family c. 1801 by Bernthausel can be associated through church records with the family in Bethel Township, Berks County.  See Earnest and Earnest, p. 98.

 

Associated Names: Seibert, Margaretha
Bibliography:

"John Wm. Bernthausel"  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. 98-99.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on family history
Region/County:[Berks]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1795
Image Dimensions Width: 15.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 1237
Creator Name: John Wm. Bernthausel (active c. 1795-1815) - Decorator
John Wm. Bernthausel (active c. 1795-1815) - Scrivener