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Decorator
Alsdorff Copy Artist (active circa 1823)
Accession Number
PAG1998.016
Creation Date
1-26-1823
Description
Bookplate with winged angel head and cedar trees, pin-pricked outline around angel.
Dimensions in Inches
5 1/2 x 3 1/4
Dimensions in Centimeters
14 x 8
Materials
Watercolor and ink on woven paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered
Decorator Location
Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Category
Bookplate
Motifs
trees, angels
Rights
Please contact the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College for permissions which fall outside of educational fair use.
Provenance
Jonas Weber
Script/Text
Fraktur lettering, German script
Language
German
Transcription
Dieses Fragen/Büchlein Gehöret/Mir/Jonas Weber/Mir Zur Lehr und Gott Zur ehr/den 26ten/Januarius/1823
Translation
This little question [catechism] book belongs to me, Jonas Weber, to teach me and to honor God. The 26th of January 1823
Comment
This bookplate is sized to fit a Mennonite catechism book and was probably made for Jonas Weber by his schoolmaster as a reward. Cedar trees are a common image found on Mennonite fraktur.
Condition
Good
Published
Minardi, Lisa. Roots: Ursinus College and the Pennsylvania Germans (Trappe, Pa.: Historic Trappe, 2019). p. 102, fig. 3.77.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, bookplate
Image Location
Rights Statement
No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
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