Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 857
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Wie fliegt dahin \ der menschen zeit

Der vogel Auf den \ zweigen saß Es Regnet \ sehr und er ward Naß 
 

Translation:

How man’s time flies away.
The bird sat on a branch. It rained hard and he became wet.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. One line is written beneath a winged angel head at the top center of the document. The other lines are within a heart in the lower center. The heart is surrounded by a profusion of leafy stems of flowers as well as four birds. Beneath the winged angel head are two angels bearing trumpets and flowers, flanking a tulip. The entire document is enclosed within a decorative border.
Notation on mat reads “After Oberholtzer.” This fraktur incorporates design motifs used on fraktur by Johann Adam Eyer and a school of related fraktur made in the vicinity of Bucks County.

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

Bibliography:

Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), pp. 256-283.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
Region/County:[Bucks]
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1820
Image Dimensions Width: 21.2 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 276
Creator Name: Anonymous [School of Johann Adam Eyer (active c. 1790-1820)] - Decorator
Anonymous [School of Johann Adam Eyer (active c. 1790-1820)] - Scrivener