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Scrivener
Unknown
Accession Number
PAG1998.169
Creation Date
1815
Description
Printed designs with fruit images in bottom corners, pair of angels to left of text, woman in empire-waist gown to right of text, eagle within imprint.
Dimensions in Inches
12 1/2 x 14 1/2
Dimensions in Centimeters
32 x 37
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered
Print Shop Location
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
eagles, angels, fruits, hearts
Associated Names
Jacob Hege, Martha Becher, Martha Becker
Rights
Please contact the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College for permissions which fall outside of educational fair use.
Source
Ursinus College Library Special Collections and the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art
Provenance
Pennsylvania Folklife Society
Script/Text
Fraktur lettering, German script
Language
German
Comment
This piece is exemplary of the influence of American and neo-classical designs on Pennsylvania German art. The eagle and shield motif within the imprint circle at the bottom is clearly meant to be patriotic. The woman at the right is dressed in the fashionable high-waisted gown of the late 18th-early 19th century, and she stands by a column and urn, all classical motifs shown here in fraktur. On this piece, the scrivener likely made a mistake and placed the mother’s married name of Hege as her maiden name, which was probably Lerker.
Condition
Good
Bibliographical Reference
Stopp #192
Published
Stopp, Klaus. The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 6 vols. (Mainz, Germany, and East Berlin, Pa.: privately published, 1997–99). vol. 2, p. 42.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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