Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Reward of Merit |
Object ID # |
2020.3.2 |
Other Name |
Fraktur |
Title |
Reward of merit dated May 1817 |
Creator |
Hummel, Jacob, d. 1822 (attributed) |
Place of Origin |
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1817 |
Material |
Paper, ink |
Description |
Reward of merit dated May 23rd, 1817. Depicts a bird sitting in small tree, or potted plant. Five multi-colored flowers are growing out of the plant. The pot or base of the plant is green. Colors: red, blue, dark-green, light-green, yellow, black. |
Provenance |
Reward of merit, dated May 23, 1817, attributed to Schoolmaster Jacob Hummel, who taught in Lower Salford, Limerick and perhaps Skippack Townships. There is no recipient (student) name on the piece, but it came out of the family of Henry D. and Matilda Johnson Kulp of Skippack Township, members of the Upper Skippack Mennonite congregation. It was passed down in the family to a great-granddaughter, Jean Wright Weber, then to her daughter Nan E. Weber Burch (the donor). |
Source |
Gift of Nan E. Burch |
People |
Hummel, Jacob, d. 1822 |