Object Number 1961.0045.002

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Katharina Brem

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John S. Wiestling (Printer)
09//1787-03/03/1842
References: Earnest, Flying Leaves and One-Sheets, see p. 274; Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 3, pp. 10, 20-37.

Place of Origin

Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Wiestling printed certificate in Harrisburg, and completed by an unknown scrivener and decorator.

Secondary Place of Origin

Huntington Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Secondary creation place is location on certificate.

Date

1804-1824

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center; Härrisburg,/ Gedruckt bey John S. Weistling.

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Hand colored, Hand lettered, Letterpress, Woodcut, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

14.34 (H) , 13.1 (W) , 13.2 (Image H) , 11.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

36.43 (H) , 33.2 (W) , 13.2 (Image H) , 11.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left (past top left deteriorated corner). W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.7 cm; laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Wiestling, John S.

Place of Publication

Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

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. 3.
• See Stopp 336, p. 26 (Winterthur's example not listed.)