Magdalena Ruhl's Fraktur Vorschrift: "Kommt Liebe Kinder," (painting).

Magdalena Ruhl's Fraktur Vorschrift: "Kommt Liebe Kinder," (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Magdalena Ruhl's Fraktur Vorschrift: "Kommt Liebe Kinder," (painting).

8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.

Fraktur vorschrift reads: "Kommt Liebe Kinder Kommt Herbey und lernet Jesum Kennen." Also has other verses of this hymn by schoolmaster Christopher Dock, which translates as "Come dear children, come here and learn to know Jesus." The vorschrift has three script alphabets at the bottom, and is bordered by a green leafy vine. Colors are red, blue, green, yellow, brown, and black.

Primitive -- Fractur

Homage -- Ruhl, Magdalena

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, P.O. Box 82, Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438 Accession Number: 88-20-1

Acquired in Perkasie, Pennsylvania

This fraktur vorschrift, by a Bucks County, Pennsylvania person, was created for Magdalena Ruhl in about 1823-1825, when she was in school. The piece was acquired at an auction in Perkasie, Pennsylvania.

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, 1988.

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