Flower Girl

John George Brown (1831-1913) The Flower Girl 1877

Love & Marriage: Frakturs from the National Archives

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Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File R9408, for Samuel Shade, Pennsylvania., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900

Frakturs are elaborate illustrated family records usually made in Pennsylvania German communities. They are equivalent to modern birth, marriage, & death certificates. They were often created by professional artists or by pastors living in the town, & became treasured family heirlooms. The National Archives has over a hundred of these rare & sought-after examples of folk art. Following the Revolutionary War, the government offered pensions to widows who could prove their relationship to a veteran of the war. These handmade family treasures were sent to the government to support Revolutionary War Pension applications.

Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W15956, for James Runnals, New Hampshire., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900

Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W3079, for Philip Frey, Pennsylvania., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900

Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W4435, for Thomas Ford, New Jersey., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900

Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File R7532, for John Moyer, Maryland., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900

Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File R8078, for John George Peiffer, Pennsylvania., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900

Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File R8260, for Thomas Pinkham, New Hampshire., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900

Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W14231 for Nathaniel Bangs, Massachusetts., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900

Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W15456, for David Watson, New Hampshire., ca. 1800- ca. 1900

Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W19392, for Ebenezer Spencer, New Hampshire., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900

Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W25687, for Colin McLachlan, Connecticut., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900

Illustrated family record (Fraktur) found in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File W26600, for Ezekiel Osborn, Connecticut., ca. 1800 - ca. 1900

The War Pension Agent

 Eastman Johnson (American painter, 1824-1906)   The Pension Claim Agent

Hunting & Shooting & Trapping in 19th century America

Charles Deas (American artist, 1818-1867)  Turkey Shooting 1838

Fanny Palmer (American artist, 1812-1876) Published by N Currier On a Point 1855

James Goodwyn Clonney (American genre artist, 1812–1867) Which way shall we go?

 Fanny Palmer (American artist, 1812-1876) Published by N Currier Partridge Shooting 1865

William Tylee Ranney (American artist, 1813-1857)  Wild Duck Shooting

 Fanny Palmer (American artist, 1812-1876) Published by N Currier Quail Shooting 1852

John George Brown (American genre paintere, 1831-1913)  Claiming the Shot - After the Hunt in the Adirondacks

Fanny Palmer (American artist, 1812-1876) Published by N Currier Return from the Woods

William Tylee Ranney (American artist, 1813-1857)  Retrieving

Fanny Palmer (American artist, 1812-1876) Published by N Currier Snipe Shooting 1852

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (English-born American Painter, 1819-1905) for Currier and Ives Wild Duck Shooting A Good Day's Sport

John Whetten Ehninger (American artist, 1827-89) Turkey Shoot 1879

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (English-born American Painter, 1819-1905) for Currier and Ives American Field Sports A Good Chance 1863

Fanny Palmer (American artist, 1812-1876) Published by N Currier Wild Duck Shooting

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (English-born American Painter, 1819-1905) for Currier and Ives American Field Sports An Early Start 1863

Thompkins H Matteson (American painter, 1813-1884)  The Christmas Day Turkey Shoot (see Cooper's Pioneers) 1857

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (English-born American Painter, 1819-1905) for Currier and Ives American Field Sports A Chance for Both Barrels 1857

Fanny Palmer (American artist, 1812-1876) Published by N Currier Woodcock Shooting 1852

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (English-born American Painter, 1819-1905) for Currier and Ives The Life of a Hunter Catching a Tarter 1861

William Tylee Ranney (American genre artist, 1813-1857) Duck Hunters on the Hoboken, NJ Marshes 1849

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (English-born American Painter, 1819-1905) for Currier and Ives Life on the Prairie The Buffalo Hunt 1862

James Brade Sword (American artist, 1839–1915) Hunt Masters

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (English-born American Painter, 1819-1905) for Currier and Ives Mink Trapping Fine 1862

William Tylee Ranney (American artist, 1813-1857)  Wild Duck Shooting - On the Wing 1850

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (English-born American Painter, 1819-1905) for Currier and Ives American Field Sports A Chance for Both Barrels 1857

Hunters Shanty. In the Adirondacks. The, Currier and Ives 1860

Hunting on the Susquehanna. Currier and Ives

 Life in the Woods Returning to Camp. Currier and Ives 1860

Life of a Sportsman. Coming into Camp. Currier and Ives 1872

Louis Maurer (German-born Amercan artist, 1832-1932) published by N. Currier,  American Winter Sports Shooting Deer on the Shatagee in Northern New York 1855

Louis Maurer (German-born Amercan artist, 1832-1932) published by N. Currier,  Camping Out Some of the Right Sort 1856

Louis Maurer (German-born Amercan artist, 1832-1932) published by N. Currier,  Life in the Woods Starting Out 1860

 Partridge Hunting Currier and Ives 1852

Shooting on the Beach. Currier and Ives

Wild Duck Shooting. On the Wing. Currier and Ives 1870

Industrious Family

John George Brown (1831-1913) The Industrious Family