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Accession Number
PAG1998.165
Creation Date
1809
Description
Printed three-heart design with wavy floral-and-vine foliage at sides rising from smaller hearts in bottom corners, eagle motif at bottom of central heart, image of small children at top center.
Dimensions in Inches
12 3/4 x 15 1/8
Dimensions in Centimeters
32 x 38
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand lettered
Print Shop Location
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
hearts, flowers, floral, angels
Associated Names
Jacob Loss, Cadarina Reichert, Catharina Reichert, Daniel, Georg Schwartz, Marereta Schwartz, Margaretha Schwartz
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
Condition
Poor
Bibliographical Reference
Stopp #439
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. 3, p. 140.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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