2000.0044.003 A Fraktur
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Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

  • Title:

    Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Joseph Böhm

  • Category:

    Works on Paper

  • Creator (Role):

    Peter Bernhart (Scrivener and decorator)

    Ambrose Henkel (Printer)

    Laurentz Wartmann (Typesetter)

  • Place of Origin:

    Rockingham, Virginia, South, United States, North America

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

    New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1813

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Drawn, Letterpress, Hand lettered

  • Museum Object Number:

    2000.0044.003 A


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Object Number

2000.0044.003 A

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Joseph Böhm

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Dr. Fred W. Hicks III

Creator (Role)

Peter Bernhart (Scrivener and decorator)
References: Earnest, Papers for Birth Dates, pp. 63-64; Wust, Virginia Fraktur, pp. 20-23. Wust speculates Bernhart knew Friedrich Krebs and peddled his forms.

Ambrose Henkel (Printer)
1786-1870
References: Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 5, p. 202.

Laurentz Wartmann (Typesetter)
References: Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 5, pp. 202 & 222-6.

Place of Origin

Rockingham, Virginia, South, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Certificate filled in and decorated by Bernhart in Rockingham County, Virginia.

Secondary Place of Origin

New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Printed in the shop of Ambrose Henkel (possibly typeset by Laurentz Wartmann) in New Market.

Date

1813

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom left and right; Geschrieben Von Peter Bernhart

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Drawn, Letterpress, Hand lettered

Dimensions (inches)

8.5 (H) , 13.9 (W) , 8.5 (Image H) , 13.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.6 (H) , 35.2 (W) , 8.5 (Image H) , 13.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Stopp, Klaus. 1999 The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 5.
• See Stopp 904, p. 220 (Winterthur's example not listed.)
[Book] Wust, Klaus. 1972 Virginia Fraktur: Penmanship as Folk Art.
• Related examples by Bernhart.
[Book] 2011 Bernhart & Company: Shenandoah Valley Folk Art Fraktur (1774-1850).
• For more on Bernhart, see pp. 13, 17-51.