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Scrivener
Henry Hubner (active circa 1854-63)
Accession Number
PAG1998.229
Creation Date
1863
Description
Color-printed Taufschein with religious scenes on sides, block border.
Dimensions in Inches
17 x 13 3/4
Dimensions in Centimeters
43 x 35
Materials
Ink on paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand lettered
Print Shop Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Springfield Township, York County, Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
religious, columns, warriors
Associated Names
Levi Deveney, Magdelena Caslow, Emma Jane Devaney, A. Berg, Henry Hubner
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
English script
Language
English
Transcription
Behold what condescending love/Jesus on earth displays!/To babes and sucklings he extends/The riches of his grace!
He still the ancient promise keeps,/To our forefathers giv’n:/Young children in his arms he takes,/And calls them heirs of heav’n.
“Permit them to approach,” he cries,/”Nor scorn their humble name;/For ‘twas to bless such souls as these,/The Lord of angels came.”
We bring them, Lord, with thankful/And yield them up to thee; [hearts/Joyful that we ourselves are thine,/Thine may our offspring be.
Comment
Henry Hübner completed three other known Taufscheine, all for children in York County. These three are in German, whereas the example here is printed in English. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, 416.
Condition
Good
Bibliographical Reference
Stopp #408.1.2
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. 80. Shoemaker, Alfred L. Check List of Pennsylvania Dutch Printed Taufscheins. (Lancaster, Pa.: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, 1952). vol. 3, p. 104.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
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