Object Number 1961.1123

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Georg Rühl

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

George Friederich Speyer (Scrivener and decorator)
References: Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 381-85. Speyer used printed certificates, they include Winterthur's fraktur 57.1220, which is attributed to the Ephrata Cloister printshop. His handwriting is difficult to read and, in at least one instance, another scrivener completed a certificate he decorated.

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Primary creation place is birthplace on certificate. Place certificate printed unknown, probably Reading or Ephrata.

Date

1785-1790

Materials

Ink; Graphite; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Letterpress, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

13.3 (H) , 15.9 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 15.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.9 (H) , 40.3 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 15.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at center of sheet. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.5-2.6 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

Left center (inverted): Lily

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Stopp, Klaus. 1997 The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 1.
• Published on p. 88.
[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 Speyer, see pp. 722-725. This example not listed.