Birth and baptismal certificate of Abraham Miesse
Works on Paper
Gabriel Miesse (Engraver and seller)
Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1829-1835
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove); Ink
Etching, Engraving, Stipple Engraving, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
1965.0009.001
Object Number1965.0009.001 |
Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)
Birth and baptismal certificate of Abraham Miesse
Works on Paper
Museum purchase
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.
Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Miesse engraved and sold certificates in Reading.
Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Certificate completed by an unknown scrivener and decorator, possibly in Berks or Schuylkill County (same scrivener and decorator for both 65.9.1-.2).
1829-1835
1. Inscription; Top center; Engd. and sold by G. Miesse
Religious imagery; Bible; Biblical scene
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove); Ink
Etching, Engraving, Stipple Engraving, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
11.87 (H) , 8.52 (W) , 8.75 (Image H) , 7.7 (Image W)
30.15 (H) , 21.65 (W) , 8.75 (Image H) , 7.7 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Plate measurements not available.
Miesse, Gabriel
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
none
Hand colored with watercolors
Text available soon.
[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.