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Accession Number
PAG2002.0143
Date Range
1765-1790
Description
Green wreath design in center with four different flower sprigs in each corner.
Dimensions in Inches
6 1/4 x 3 1/2
Dimensions in Centimeters
16 x 9
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand lettered
Associated Places
Silesia, Ober-Harbersdorf, Goldberg
Category
Religious text
Motifs
floral, wreaths, flowers
Associated Names
Johanne, Susanne, Sophie, Friedrich
Rights
Please contact the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College for permissions which fall outside of educational fair use.
Source
Ursinus College Library Special Collections and the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art
Provenance
Pennsylvania Folklife Society
Script/Text
Fraktur lettering, German script
Language
German
Transcription
Gottes Gnade reicher/Segen, folge dir auf allen Wegen/Strahle täglich wie die Sönne,/inn dein Herzesfreud, u. wonne./bis du deinen Lauf/vollbracht!
Verso: Solches wünscht deine dich aufrichtigliebende Freundinn,/Johanne Susanne Sophie Freidrichin/gebürtig aus Schlesien, aus Ober=Harbersdorf/bey Goldberg.
Translation
Of God’s Mercy rich blessings follow you on all paths. Shine daily as the sun, in the joy and delight of your heart, until you achieve your course!
Verso: Such wishes you your sincerely loving friend, Johanne Susanne Sophie Friedrich, born in Silesia, from Upper Harbersdorf by Goldberg.
Comment
Girls’ schools in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and other Moravian communities produced similar pieces with floral and wreath motifs. No study however has been done to date of Moravian fraktur, which is very uncommon. Typical motifs of Moravian fraktur include wreath designs and flowers. The attribution of this work is especially difficult as it reads on the back “Ober Harbersdorf bey Goldberg,” which is in Silesia where the Schwenkfelders came from. It is possible this could have been a Schwenkfelder converted to the Moravian faith as well.
Condition
Good
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, religious text
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