Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Peter Graff
Works on Paper
Henrich Dulheuer (Scrivener and decorator)
Ephrata Cloister printshop (Printer)
Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Bethel Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1784-1785
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Letterpress, Woodcut, Painted
2007.0011.003 A
Object Number2007.0011.003 A |
Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Peter Graff
Works on Paper
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
Henrich Dulheuer (Scrivener and decorator)-c. 1816
Dulheuer worked in Berks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, as well as Baltimore and Washington County, Maryland.
Ephrata Cloister printshop (Printer)
References: Stopp, The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans, vol. 2, pp. 98-217.
The Ephrata printshop is credited with producing the first printed certificates in America. Its press printed forty editions by 1800. (Stopp, p. 98).
Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Primary creation place is location of printshop.
Bethel Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Bethel Township is now part of Lebanon County.
1784-1785
1. Inscription; Bottom right; Henrich Dulheuer.
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Letterpress, Woodcut, Painted
F&JB
Attributed to Frederick and his son John Bicking of Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA. Gravell, no.249.
Text available soon.
[Book] Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• For more on Dulheuer, see pp. 201-204. This example not listed.
[Book] Stopp, Klaus. 1997 The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 2.
• For two other examples of this edition, see p. 128. These examples not listed.
[Book] Stopp, Klaus. 1998 The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 6.
• For the fraktur made for Jacob Graff, see p. 193.
[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: fig.9, p.12