Museum Object Number1985.0089 |
Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein)
Works on Paper
Gift of Anne H. Torbert in memory of Mary E. Cassel Holloway
Gottlob Jungmann (Printer)
Friedrich Krebs (Decorator)
References: Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 4, p. 68 & 86-120.References: Weiser, "The Mad, Lovable World of Frederick Krebs," Der Reggeboge, 1988, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 49-88; Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, p. 237-44. Krebs was the most prolific fraktur artist in America. It is believed he (like Christian Strenge) was a Hessian soldier who either stayed or returned to the United States after the Revolutionary War. He purchased thousands of printed birth and baptismal certificates from varous Reading printers.
c. 1757
06/25/18331815
Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Certificate printed for Krebs by Jungmann.
1795
1. Inscription; Bottom center within heart; READING:/ Gedruckt von/ Gottlob Jungmann,/ Im Jahr/ 1795
2. Inscription; Bottom center below heart; Friederich Krebs.
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid); Board
Letterpress, Drawn, Hand colored, Painted
12.23 (H) , 15.74 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 15.95 (Image W)
31.07 (H) , 39.98 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 15.95 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.
Jungmann, Gottlob
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Hand colored with watercolors
Text available soon.
[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).