Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Manuscript, Decorated |
Object ID # |
1988.8.1 |
Other Name |
Epitaph |
Title |
Epitaph for Anna Meyer Cassel and Samuel K. Meyer, by I. Z. Hunsicker, ca. 1858 |
Creator |
Hunsicker, Isaac Z., 1803-1870 |
Place of Origin |
Worcester Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1858 |
Material |
Wove paper, ink |
Dimensions |
H-8 W-5 inches |
Description |
Fraktur epitaphs for Samuel K. and Anna K. (or H.?) Meyer [Moyer]. |
Provenance |
Made by Isaac Z. Hunsicker (1803-1870) of Ontario, Canada, for his first cousin, Mary Kulp Moyer (1800-1868) and husband John Moyer (1799-1877) of Worcester Township, Montgomery County, to commemorate the premature deaths of two of their children, Anna K. (or H.?) Moyer Cassel (1829-1858) (wife of Jacob M. Cassel), and Samuel K. Moyer (1827-1855) (unmarried). Probably made by Hunsicker while on a visit to Pennsylvania during April 1858. Passed down in the family of their sister Lydia K. Moyer Freed (1839-1917) to her grandson, the donor. |
Source |
Gift of Linneaus & Katie Moyer Kulp |
People |
Hunsicker, Isaac Z., 1803-1870 Moyer, Mary Kulp, 1800-1868 Moyer, John, 1799-1877 (Worcester Twp) Cassel, Anna K. Moyer, 1829-1858 Cassel, Jacob M., 1832-1917 Moyer, Samuel K., 1827-1855 Freed, Lydia K. Moyer, 1839-1917 |
Collection |
Fraktur |