Item No: frk00652

Title:
Letter H

Category:
Alphabet

Creators:
Decorator: [Susanna Hübner (1750-1818)]
Scrivener: [Susanna Hübner (1750-1818)]

Creation Place:
Town/Township: [Worcester Township]
County: [Montgomery]
State/Province: [Pennsylvania]
Note: Based on design characteristics and artist's location

Creation Date: ca. 1810

Physical Description: Leaf

Dimensions: 20.9 cm x 17 cm

Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink

Media Type: Drawings

Scripts/Text: Fraktur

Associated Names: Heebner, Susanna; Hübner, Susanna

Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. In the center of the document is a richly decorated capital letter H. The decorations include a variety of flowers, including tulips, rosettes and stars. The entire drawing is framed by a decorative border.

Probably Schwenkfelder in origin.

Published by Henry S. Borneman and mistakenly described as a capital letter B.

Transcription:

H

Provenance:
Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Susanna Hübner" 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), 2^nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 418-419.

Dennis K. Moyer, Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1997), pp. 74-80.

Henry S. Borneman, Pennsylvania German Illuminated Manuscripts (Norristown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1937), published as plate 17.

Weiser Number: 270

Subjects:

• Alphabets
• Flowers
• Rosettes
• Stars
• Tulips

Source:
Rare Book Department