Object Number 1961.0186 A

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Christoff Biedenbenner

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Heinrich Weiss (Scrivener and decorator)
References: Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 437-38. The Earnests note that only one documented birth and baptismal certificate is identified with certainty as having been made by Weiss. All other examples are attributed.

Place of Origin

Hereford Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Primary creation place is birthplace on certificate.

Date

March 1 1776 (1776-1776)

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

12.87 (H) , 16.25 (W) , 12.87 (Image H) , 16.25 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

32.7 (H) , 41.27 (W) , 12.87 (Image H) , 16.25 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left and W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.6 cm; 9-10 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

Left center: clover in a circle; countermark right center: "CS"

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published as fig. 241, p. 249.
[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1980 Perspectives on American Folk Art.
• Published as no. 2.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• Published on p. 802.
[Article] Weiser, Frederick S. 1973 "Piety and Protocol in Folk Art: Pennsylvania German Fraktur Birth and Baptismal Certificates". Winterthur Portfolio. 8: 19-43.
• Published as fig. 11, on p. 33.