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Collection
Fraktur Collection
Object ID
2002.159
Date Range
December 1824
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Collection
Fraktur Collection
Description
Fraktur presentation piece on wove paper, horizontal orientation. Green and brown designs and lettering. Has a foliate border w/ flowers at top center and corners. Large heart dominates design with 5 lines of religious text, and signed at the bottom stating fraktur was made for Anna Funck on 15 Dec 1824 by J. Eberman, schoolmaster. Acanthus like leaves surround heart with several flowers. Five baskets with flowers complete design.
Text: "Jesus ist der schonste nam / Aller, die von himmel kommen, / Huldereich, prachtig, tugendsam, den Gott / Selber angenommen, seiner grossen / lieblichkeit, gleicht kein name weit und breit. / Gemacht von Anna Funck, den 15ten December 1824. J. Eberman / Schul Meister".
Translation: "Jesus is the most beautiful name of all who which came from heaven full of protection, glittering, virtuous, whom God himself, except; His great loveliness is equalled by no name far and wide. Made for Anna Funck 15 December, 1824 (J. Eberman, Schoolmaster)"
Date Range
December 1824
Year Range From
1824
Year Range To
1824
Creator
Eberman, John
Last Owner
Funck, Anna
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 5
Storage Container
Box 0537
People
Funck, Anna
Eberman, John
Subcategory
Need to Classify
Subject
Fraktur art
Frakturs (Documents)
Search Terms
Fraktur
Object Name
Fraktur
Oither Names
Presentation Piece
Material
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Height (in)
8
Width (in)
12
Dimension Details
Mount: H: 11" W: 14"
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2017-08-22
Condition Notes
Very light age coloring. Two large brown stains / burns at lower left corner. Smaller stains elsewhere. Dog-eared corners. Mounted in a white window mat hinged at top.
Object ID
2002.159
Notes
Appraised by Fred Weiser in 1988; listed as #35
Place of Origin
Lancaster County
Role
Artist
Images
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