Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Engeline Schener
Works on Paper
Carl Friederich Egelmann (Designer, engraver and publisher)
Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Etching, Engraving, Stipple Engraving, Hand lettered, Hand colored, Painted
2004.0068.017
Object Number2004.0068.017 |
Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Engeline Schener
Works on Paper
Gift of Frank Henry Sommer, Ph.D.
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.
Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Certificate completed by an unknown scrivener and decorator, possibly in Berks County.
Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Egelmann engraved and sold certificates in Reading.
1. Inscription; Bottom right; Gezeichnet und gestochen von C. F. Egelmann.
Religious imagery
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Etching, Engraving, Stipple Engraving, Hand lettered, Hand colored, Painted
14 (H) , 12 (W) , 11.1 (Image H) , 9.1 (Image W)
35.5 (H) , 30.5 (W) , 11.1 (Image H) , 9.1 (Image W)
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).
Egelmann, Carl Friedrich
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
II
none
Hand colored with watercolors
Second state with clouds in sky.
Text available soon.
[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).