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Accession Number
PAG1998.162
Creation Date
1800
Description
Printed Taufschein with delicate floral border surrounding main text, small heart at the top center with verse.
Dimensions in Inches
7 7/8 x 9
Dimensions in Centimeters
20 x 23
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered
Print Shop Location
Bethlehem or Hecktown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Weisenberg, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
floral, hearts
Associated Names
Casper Bauer, A. Maria Hoffman, Suanna, Susanna, Ludwig Scherdel, Jacob Klein, Sussanna Bauer
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 is one of four known examples of this edition. This is also one of a few editions of Taufscheine on which only the “1___” is printed for the year, indicating it was made around the turn of the nineteenth century.
Condition
Good
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. 1, 146-147. Shoemaker, Alfred L. Check List of Pennsylvania Dutch Printed Taufscheins. (Lancaster, Pa.: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, 1952). p. 28
File Format
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Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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