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in 1802. Another brother, Johann Frederick, was a schoolmaster and organist who also produced fraktur. Eyer was friends as well with Andreas Kolb, another fraktur artist and Mennonite minister, with whom he exchanged artworks. In addition to his teaching activities, he was a successful businessman.
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artists who created writing samples for their students. These he would fold to make a booklet, with four pages and a cover. Cutting a larger sheet in half lengthwise allowed him to produce a book of musical notation, a skill which he passed on to his pupils as well. Later in life he also produced
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Eyer was the eldest son of the family, and in this position presided over the estate of his parents. With his brother Ludwig acting as agent, he founded and developed the town of
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Eyer produced hundreds of pieces of fraktur during his career, initially copying pieces produced by Mennonite or
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Eyer's school roster book survives and has been translated for publication.
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owns several of his works. Three works are held by the
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Counties, but in 1786 moved with his entire family to
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school. The family moved again in 1801, settling in
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Johann Adam Eyer

Barnes Foundation
Philadelphia
fraktur
Bedminster Township
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Chester
Lancaster
Upper Mount Bethel Township
Northampton County
Lutheran
Hamilton Township
Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Christ Hamilton Lutheran Church
Hamilton Township, Pennsylvania
Mennonite
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Schwenkfelder
bookplates
Mennonite Heritage Center
American Folk Art Museum
Winterthur Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art


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"Johann Adam Eyer"

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