1985.0089 Fraktur
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Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

  • Title:

    Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein)

  • Category:

    Works on Paper

  • Creator (Role):

    Gottlob Jungmann (Printer)

    Friedrich Krebs (Decorator)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1795

  • Materials:

    Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid); Board

  • Techniques:

    Letterpress, Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1985.0089


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Object Number

1985.0089

Object Name

Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)

Title

Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Anne H. Torbert in memory of Mary E. Cassel Holloway

Creator (Role)

Gottlob Jungmann (Printer)
c. 1757-06/25/1833
References: Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 4, p. 68 & 86-120.

Friedrich Krebs (Decorator)-1815
References: Weiser, "The Mad, Lovable World of Frederick Krebs," Der Reggeboge, 1988, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 49-88; Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, p. 237-44. Krebs was the most prolific fraktur artist in America. It is believed he (like Christian Strenge) was a Hessian soldier who either stayed or returned to the United States after the Revolutionary War. He purchased thousands of printed birth and baptismal certificates from varous Reading printers.

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Certificate printed for Krebs by Jungmann.

Date

1795

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center within heart; READING:/ Gedruckt von/ Gottlob Jungmann,/ Im Jahr/ 1795
2. Inscription; Bottom center below heart; Friederich Krebs.

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid); Board

Techniques

Letterpress, Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

12.23 (H) , 15.74 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 15.95 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

31.07 (H) , 39.98 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 15.95 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Jungmann, Gottlob

Place of Publication

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

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.
• See Stopp 627, pp. 108-9 (Winterthur's example not listed).