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Metadata
Object Name |
Drawing |
Object ID # |
2000.5.2 a |
Other Name |
Reward of Merit |
Title |
Small bird drawing, 1822 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1822 |
Dimensions |
H-3.25 W-3.25 inches |
Description |
Small bird drawing, dated 1822, likely a school reward for Jacob Kolb [Kulp] (1799-1878; found in his New Testament) by an unknown schoolmaster; motifs: bird and flowers; colors: blue, red, light brown, dark brown. |
Provenance |
Made (presumably) for Jacob C. Kulp (1799-1878) by an unknown schoolmaster; passed down in the Kulp-Moore family of the Blooming Glen Mennonite congregation. |
Source |
Gift of Alverda Stoudt Moore |
People |
Kulp, Jacob C., 1799-1878 |
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Notes on Related Objects |
Found in a German New Testament (Germantown: Billmeyer, 1819) that belonged to Jacob Kolb (1799-1878) of Hilltown Twp., Bucks Co., PA. This book also contains a fraktur bookplate dated 1825 (#2000.5.2). |
Search Terms |
Fraktur |
Collection |
Fraktur |