Museum Object Number1957.1247 A |
Fraktur (Birth certificate)
Birth certificate of Elizabeth Wills
Works on Paper
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
New Jersey Artist (Maker)
Haddonfield, Gloucester, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Primary creation place based on location of child's birth derived from genealogical research. See object file in registrar's office.
1776-1800
Fable
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid); Pine
Drawn, Hand lettered, Hand colored, Painted
7.8 (H) , 9.6 (W) , 7.8 (Image H) , 9.6 (Image W)
19.8 (H) , 24.5 (W) , 7.8 (Image H) , 9.6 (Image W)
H at left. W at right. Chain intervals: 2.5 cm; 10 laid lines per cm.
Hand colored with watercolors
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[Article] McGrail, David B. "Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth-Century Illuminated New Jersey Documents: An Introduction and a Checklist". New Jersey History. 40-74.
• Published on p. 73.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• Published on p. 571.
[Book] Shelley, Donald A. 1961 The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. 23.
• Published as fig. 299.