Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Museum Object Number 2007.0011.001 A

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Veronica Graff

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle

Creator (Role)

Henrich Dulheuer (Scrivener and decorator)

Ephrata Cloister printshop (Printer)

Creator Notes

Dulheuer worked in Berks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, as well as Baltimore and Washington County, Maryland.References: Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 2, pp. 98-217. The Ephrata printshop is credited with producing the first printed certificates in America. Its press printed forty editions by 1800. (Stopp, p. 98).

Date of Death

c. 1816

Place of Origin

Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Primary creation place is location of printshop.

Secondary Place of Origin

Bethel Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Bethel Township is now part of Lebanon County.

Date

1784-1785

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom right; Henrich Dulheuer.

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Letterpress, Woodcut, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

Dimensions (centimeters)

Watermark

F&JB

Edition Notes

Attributed to Frederick and his son John Bicking of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA. Gravell, no.249.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• For more on Dulheuer, see pp. 201-204. This example not listed.
[Book] Stopp, Klaus. 1997 The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 2.
• For two other examples of this edition, see p. 128. These examples not listed.
[Book] Stopp, Klaus. 1998 The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 6.
• For the fraktur made for Jacob Graff, see p. 193.
[Article] Minardi, Lisa. 2007 "A Timely Discovery: The Story of Winterthur's Jacob Graff Clock". Antiques and Fine Art. 7 (5): 238-239.
• More info. on the Graff family.
[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: fig.9, p.12
[Article] Minardi, Lisa. 10//2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans and the Art of Everyday Life. Early American Life Magazine. 18 - 25.
• Published: p. 21