Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Museum Object Number 1985.0089

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Anne H. Torbert in memory of Mary E. Cassel Holloway

Creator (Role)

Gottlob Jungmann (Printer)

Friedrich Krebs (Decorator)

Date of Birth

c. 1757

Date of Death

06/25/18331815

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Certificate printed for Krebs by Jungmann.

Date

1795

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center within heart; READING:/ Gedruckt von/ Gottlob Jungmann,/ Im Jahr/ 1795
2. Inscription; Bottom center below heart; Friederich Krebs.

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid); Board

Techniques

Letterpress, Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

12.23 (H) , 15.74 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 15.95 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

31.07 (H) , 39.98 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 15.95 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Jungmann, Gottlob

Place of Publication

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

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Stopp, Klaus. 1998 The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 4.
• See Stopp 627, pp. 108-9 (Winterthur's example not listed).