Taufschein for Isaac Wummerc. 1810Sheet: 7 7/8 x 12 1/8 " (20 x 31 cm)
Frame: 14 x 18 5/8 x 5/8 " (35.6 x 47.3 x 1.7 cm)Watercolor and ink on paperGift of Ralph Esmerian2013.1.330Bold fraktur in red and green paint with black ink work. Two large angels blowing trumpets standing LS and RS wearing striped robes and black laced shoes. Central tulip on top, floral motif bottom center. Rare half-sheet fraktur.
1548024058P1.2001.213Johann Conrad GilbertBooks/Manuscripts/Information ArtifactsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.Pennsylvania GermanTranslation: Isaac Wummer was born in the year of the Lord Jesus Christ 1810 the 5th of September in the state of Pennsylvania in Berks County in Bern Township. His father is the honorable Jacob Wummer and the mother Marie, nee Hufern. This son Isaac was born to them into the world and was also baptised by Pastor Meyer, a reformed pastor. Sponsors were Johannes Hufer and his wife Susana who gave him the name Isaac.United StatesPennsylvaniaWorks on PapereMuseum - Collection HighlightsFrederick S. Weiser, "His Deeds Followed Him: The Fraktur of John Conrad Gilbert," Der Reggeboge (The Rainbow). Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society, vol. 16, 1982
Frederick S. Weiser, Fraktur: Pennsylvania German Folk Art (Ephrata, Pa., Science Press 1973) 62
info: Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners, vol. I (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 307-314Wheatcroft attributes to Berks County Artist "who may well be Peter Gilbert, son of the well known fraktur artist Conrad Gilbert.The Gilbert-type Taufschein for Isaac Wummer presents two clad and shod angels trumpeting, perhaps to announce little Isaac's birth. An assortment of floral decorations completes the drawing. Conrad Gilbert's angels tend to be similarly attired but do not suffer quite the severe trumpeter's lip as these.
Frederick S. Weiser, "Taufschein for Isaac Wummer," in Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 482.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgP1.2001.21318051815 2013 1 33 Wheatcroft attributes to Berks County Artist "who may well be Peter Gilbert, son of the well known fraktur artist Conrad Gilbert.The Gilbert-type Taufschein for Isaac Wummer presents two clad and shod angels trumpeting, perhaps to announce little Isaac's birth. An assortment of floral decorations completes the drawing. Conrad Gilbert's angels tend to be similarly attired but do not suffer quite the severe trumpeter's lip as these.
Frederick S. Weiser, "Taufschein for Isaac Wummer," in Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 482.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org