Catharina Ruhl's Fraktur Vorschrift, (painting).

Catharina Ruhl's Fraktur Vorschrift, (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Catharina Ruhl's Fraktur Vorschrift, (painting).

Watercolor on paper.

The fraktur vorschrift reads: Meine Hofnung Stehet beste, auf den leben-digen Gott..." It has four alphabets and vowels at the bottom. The bottom reads: "Diese Bild Gehoret mir Catharina Ruhl, Geschrieben den 25, December 1823. The translation reads: This picture belongs to me Catharina Ruhl, written Dec. 25, 1823. The colors are red, dull green, blue, yellow and black watercolors.

Primitive -- Fractur

Homage -- Ruhl, Catharina

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, P.O. Box 82, Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438 Accession Number: 88-20-2

Acquired in Perkasie, Pennsylvania

The piece was acquired at an auction in Perkasie, Pennsylvania.

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, 1988.

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