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Fraktur (Taufschein)
Birth and baptismal certificate for Elisabeth Kantner
Sussel-Washington Artist
1786-1790
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Sussel-Washington Artist (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Schuylkill; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Watercolor
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
2013.0031.094 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
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Object Number
2013.0031.094 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Taufschein)
Title
Birth and baptismal certificate for Elisabeth Kantner
Category
Works on Paper - Collection of Pastor Frederick S. Weiser
Creator (Role)
Sussel-Washington Artist (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Schuylkill; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Creaton place is Braunschweig (now West Brunswick) Township, Berks (now Schuylkill) County, PA.
Date
1786-1790
Materials
- Watercolor
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Minardi, Lisa. 2015 Drawn with Spirit: Pennsylvania German Fraktur from the Joan and Victor Johnson Collection.
• For related examples, see pp. 17, 52-5.Book: Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• On this artist, see pp. 754-6.