Object Number 2007.0011.002 A

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

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

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by Lois and Dick Vieser.

Creator (Role)

Henrich Dulheuer (Scrivener and decorator)-c. 1816
Dulheuer worked in Berks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, as well as Baltimore and Washington County, Maryland.

Ephrata Cloister printshop (Printer)
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).

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