Object Number 2004.0068.017

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Engeline Schener

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Frank Henry Sommer, Ph.D.

Creator (Role)

Carl Friederich Egelmann (Designer, engraver and publisher)
05/12/1782-11/30/1860
References: Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 4, pp. 70 & 277-81; Sommer, "German Language Books, Periodicals, & Manuscripts," in Swank, Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans, pp. 278-79. According to Sommer, Egelmann, unlike most Pennsylvania German graphic artists, worked on copperplate engravings more than woodcuts. Winterthur Library owns several almanacs and books containing engraved illustrations by him. The Library also has three editions of Egelmann's Deutsche & englische Vorschriften fur die Jugend (Rare Books, Collection of Printed Books and Periodicals). Attached to one of these (call number Z43 E29b S) is a portrait of Egelmann cut from a magazine or journal article.

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Certificate completed by an unknown scrivener and decorator, possibly in Berks County.

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Secondary Origin Notes

Egelmann engraved and sold certificates in Reading.

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom right; Gezeichnet und gestochen von C. F. Egelmann.

Subjects

Religious imagery

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

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

Dimensions (inches)

14 (H) , 12 (W) , 11.1 (Image H) , 9.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.5 (H) , 30.5 (W) , 11.1 (Image H) , 9.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 11.75 in. (29.84 cm). Plate W (at top): 9.75 in. (24.77 cm).

Publisher Summary

Egelmann, Carl Friedrich

Place of Publication

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

State

II

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

Second state with clouds in sky.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Stopp, Klaus. 1998 The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 4.
• See Stopp 754.2, p. 278 (Winterthur's example not listed).