Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Bookplate |
Object ID # |
1980.7.1 |
Title |
Jacob Bishop bookplate by Jacob Gross, ca. 1835 |
Creator |
Gross, Jacob W., 1807-1900 (attributed) |
Place of Origin |
Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1835 ca |
Material |
Wove paper, watercolor, ink |
Dimensions |
H-6.5 W-4.25 inches |
Description |
In the front of an 1834 edition of the Mennonite hymnbook Kleine Geistliche Harfe der Kinder Zions (Northampton: A. & W. Blumer). |
Provenance |
Attributed to Jacob W. Gross (1807-1900), Mennonite schoolmaster of Bedminster Township, Bucks County, known sometimes as the "Swirl Artist". Made for Jacob F. Bishop (1815-1890), son of Jacob & Anna Fretz Bishop of Bedminster Township. In 1841 Jacob married Elizabeth A. Detweiler (Bishop) (1825-1913), and they are buried in the Blooming Glen Mennonite Cemetery. It is not known how the book came to the donor, but possibly through Jacob & Elizabeth's youngest daughter, Amanda, who married Blooming Glen minister I. Frank Swartz and had no children. The donor was a member of their congregation. A manuscript tunebook was made by the same artist for Jacob's sister Rachel and dated 1835. It is in a private collection, but is pictured in Amsler, Bucks County Fraktur (Doylestown, PA: Bucks County Historical Society, 2001), p. 313. |
Source |
Gift of Jacob Y. Fretz |
People |
Bishop, Jacob F., 1815-1890 Gross, Jacob W., 1807-1900 |
Collection |
Fraktur |