Haus-segen : [Pennsylvania Dutch house-blessing]

Contributor:

Ritter, John, 1779-1851 (printer)

Timespan:

19th century

Date:

1820

Description:

Item is a letterpress broadside with hand-colored woodcut decorations surrounding text. Topic matter: poetic house-blessing asking for God's blessing on the individual in addition to the home. Blessing reflects Pennsylvania Dutch spirituality amidst their life in rural surroundings.

Language:

Germanic languages

Publisher:

gedruckt und zu haben ben Johann Ritter und Comp

Subject:

Pennsylvania Dutch -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; House blessings -- Pennsylvania -- Reading -- 19th century; Decorative arts, Pennsylvania Dutch -- Reading -- 19th century; Folk art, Pennsylvania Dutch -- Reading -- 19th century; Printing -- Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania Dutch Country -- 19th century -- Specimens; Broadsides -- Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania Dutch Country -- 19th century -- Specimens

Resource Type:

Still Image; Text

Form/Genre:

Woodcut (prints); Broadsides

Physical Description:

1 broadside : illustrated; 41 x 33 cm

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Reading.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Fraktur.; Title, in part, supplied by cataloger.; Kislak Center copy has some small holes at top and bottom of broadside with no loss of text.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Mapcase F168 .H38 1820