Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Museum Object Number 1980.0048

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Caraanna Huber

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Carl Friederich Egelmann (Designer, engraver and publisher)

Creator Notes

References: Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 4, pp. 70 & 277-81; Sommer, "German Language Books, Periodicals, & Manuscripts," in Swank, Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans, pp. 278-79. According to Sommer, Egelmann, unlike most Pennsylvania German graphic artists, worked on copperplate engravings more than woodcuts. Winterthur Library owns several almanacs and books containing engraved illustrations by him. The Library also has three editions of Egelmann's Deutsche & englische Vorschriften fur die Jugend (Rare Books, Collection of Printed Books and Periodicals). Attached to one of these (call number Z43 E29b S) is a portrait of Egelmann cut from a magazine or journal article.

Date of Birth

05/12/1782

Date of Death

11/30/1860

Place of Origin

Douglass Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Primary creation place is birthplace on certificate. Completed by an unknown scrivener.

Secondary Place of Origin

Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Egelmann engraved and sold certificates in Reading.

Date

1835-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom right; Gezeichnet und gestochen von C. F. Egelmann.

Subjects

Religious imagery

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Etching, Engraving, Stipple Engraving, Hand lettered

Dimensions (inches)

11.9 (H) , 9.7 (W) , 11.2 (Image H) , 8.92 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.3 (H) , 24.7 (W) , 11.2 (Image H) , 8.92 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom (above torn corners). Plate H not available. Plate W (near top): 9.6 in. (24.5 cm).

Publisher Summary

Egelmann, Carl Friedrich

Place of Publication

Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

State

II

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Second state with clouds in sky.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ames, Alexander Lawrence. 2020 The Word in the Wilderness: Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania.
• Published: p. 136, fig.30
[Book] Stopp, Klaus. 1998 The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 4.
• See Stopp 754.2, p. 278 (Winterthur's example not listed).