Ephrata Tract watercolors
Ephrata Tract watercolors

Ephrata Tract watercolors


Permanent ID:
11398
Call number:
Bb 138 M 797
Date:
circa 1840
Image Description:
Two watercolor paintings by Levin T. Reichel depicting the landscape and buildings of the Ephrata Tract at Northampton County, PA. Image 1 is in brown scale and depicts a farm scene. Image 2 is full color of a dirt path or bed, grass, trees, and buildings.
The Ephrata Tract was a site developed by Moravian brothers in Nazareth, PA in the 1740s, and is not to be confused with the Ephrata Cloister nearby.
Inscription:
Ephrata near Nazareth, Northampton Cty. Penn.
presented to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
by Levin T. Reichel
(Recto image 1)

Ephrata near Nazareth, Northampton Cty, Pa.
began June 1st 1740 for Whitefeild
finished by the Moravian Brethren 1743.
1744 January 2 construction of the meeting house is the lower part of the building.
(Recto image 2)
Address:
Nazareth
Format:
Watercolors
Dimensions:
Width: 35 cm, Height: 27 cm (image)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania medium graphics collection
Related Person or Organization:
Reichel, Levin Theodore (artist)