Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Alfred Sheidy
Fraktur
Item Info
Item No: frkb01015
Title: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Alfred Sheidy
Creation Date:
6/6/1861
Scripts/Text: Roman print
Weiser Number: 409
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Category: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Roman print is in the center of the document. It is flanked by two tulips. Above the text are four roses, and below it are two birds on small tree-like plants. This bookplate is in the bilingual (German-English) Neue Testament / New Testament (New York: American Bible Society, 1859). (PA GER New York 1859 B471). For a similar booplate by the same artist, see FLP B-1016. See also FLP 394, 1045, and 1132.
Associated Names: Sheidy, Alfred
Provenance: Scott Francis Brenner
Bibliography:
"Late Berks County Artist" 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. 2, pp. 501-502.
Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:[Berks]
City/Town/Township:Bern Township
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]
Image Dimensions Width: 10.6 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-1015
Creator Name: [Late Berks County Artist (active c. 1830-1865)] - Decorator
[Late Berks County Artist (active c. 1830-1865)] - Scrivener
Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Alfred Sheidy