Cover for a Book of Copy Models (Vorschriften-Büchlein)

1784

Watercolor, pen and iron gall ink, and pen and red watercolor on laid paper

20.6 × 16.4 cm (8.1 × 6.5 in)

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

This Pennsylvania German watercolor, in a style known as fraktur , was made in 1784 to be the cover of a writing manual for young students. Translated, the inscription enclosed within the heart reads, "This little book of writing models belongs to Elisabetha Lädtermann, pupil of writing in the Deep Run School, written out for her the 16th of December, Anno Domini 1784."

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