Fraktur
Dublin Core
Title
Fraktur
Subject
American Culture
Description
A fraktur is a decorative style calligraphy named after a sixteenth-century German typeface. The parrots perched at either side of the sheet and the two peacocks that cross neck above the tulip are nearly identical in form but vary in the patterning on their wings.
Creator
Johann Heinrich Otto
Source
The MET
Date
ca. 1770-1800
Contributor
Ireoluwa Adaramola
Format
Medium: Watercolor, pen and iron gall ink, and graphite on off-white laid paper.
Identifier
66.242.1
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Watercolor
Files
Citation
Johann Heinrich Otto, “Fraktur,” Enlightenmens, accessed July 5, 2022, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/873.