1965.0009.001 Fraktur
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Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

  • Title:

    Birth and baptismal certificate of Abraham Miesse

  • Category:

    Works on Paper

  • Creator (Role):

    Gabriel Miesse (Engraver and seller)

  • Place of Origin:

    Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

    Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1829-1835

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove); Ink

  • Techniques:

    Etching, Engraving, Stipple Engraving, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1965.0009.001


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1965.0009.001

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

Birth and baptismal certificate of Abraham Miesse

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Gabriel Miesse (Engraver and seller)
1807-1886
References: Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 4, pp. 70 & 294-6. Miesse was largely self-taught and copied a certificate after Carl Friedrich Egelmann (it is not known whether Miesse was, in fact, Egelmann's pupil). Following his move to Ohio, Miesse "established himself as a well respected doctor, especially for lung diseases." (Stopp, 70) The family relationship between Miesse and the parties named in frakturs 65.9.1-.2 is not known.

Place of Origin

Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Miesse engraved and sold certificates in Reading.

Secondary Place of Origin

Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Certificate completed by an unknown scrivener and decorator, possibly in Berks or Schuylkill County (same scrivener and decorator for both 65.9.1-.2).

Date

1829-1835

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Top center; Engd. and sold by G. Miesse

Subjects

Religious imagery; Bible; Biblical scene

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove); Ink

Techniques

Etching, Engraving, Stipple Engraving, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

11.87 (H) , 8.52 (W) , 8.75 (Image H) , 7.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.15 (H) , 21.65 (W) , 8.75 (Image H) , 7.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate measurements not available.

Publisher Summary

Miesse, Gabriel

Place of Publication

Reading, Berks 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. 4.
Published as Stopp 773, p. 296.
[Book] Shelley, Donald A. 1961 The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. 23.
More info. on Miesse.