Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Georg Wohlfart
Works on Paper
H. Seiler (Scrivener and decorator)
Heidelberg Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1795-1800
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
1958.0120.009
Object Number1958.0120.009 |
Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Georg Wohlfart
Works on Paper
Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont
H. Seiler (Scrivener and decorator)
References: Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, p. 367.
The Earnests note most certificates read as "H. Seiler", others as "G." or "L."
Heidelberg Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Primary creation place is birthplace on certificate (now part of Lebanon County). Seiler probably worked in Dauphin County, as all known certificates by his hand have Dauphin County locations.
1795-1800
1. Signature; Bottom center; H. Seiler.
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
13.1 (H) , 15.8 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 15.8 (Image W)
33.4 (H) , 40.1 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 15.8 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.6-2.7 cm; 10 laid lines per cm.
Right center: "PU"
Hand colored with watercolors
Watermark of Peter Ulrich.
Text available soon.
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• Published on p. 221.
[Book] Stoudt, John Joseph. 1964 Early Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts.
• Published as fig. 328.
[Book] Ebert, John & Ebert, Katherine. 1975 American Folk Painters. 225 p.
• Published on p. 183.
[Other] Colonial Homes.
• Published as fig. 2, p. 73.
[Book] Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
• Published as fig. 64 on p. 58..
[Catalogue] 1958 Arts and Crafts of Pennsylvania and Other Notable Americana: Part One of the Collection of the Late Arthur J. Sussel.
• Published: lot 331, p. 58.
[Book] Stoudt, John Joseph. 1948 Pennsylvania Folk Art.
• Published: p. 225.