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Fraktur (Letter from godparents)
Letter from godparents (Goettelbrief or Taufpatenbrief) of Anna Margaretha Weber
1741-1760
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Reybach; Umstadt; Alsace; Germany; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1965.0601
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1965.0601
Object Name
Fraktur (Letter from godparents)
Title
Letter from godparents (Goettelbrief or Taufpatenbrief) of Anna Margaretha Weber
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Reybach; Umstadt; Alsace; Germany; Europe
Origin Notes
Reybach is located within the Alsace region on the border of France and Germany.
Date
1741-1760
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
6.16 (H) x 16.03 (W) x 6.2 (Image H) x 15.9 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.65 (H) x 40.72 (W) x 15.7 (Image H) x 40.3 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Chain interval: 2.5 cm; 11 laid lines per cm.
Edition Watermark
Top left: lower portion of a banded circle (possibly "Brittania"); top left center: lower half of unidentified letters
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Weiser, Frederick S. 1973 "Piety and Protocol in Folk Art: Pennsylvania German Fraktur Birth and Baptismal Certificates". Winterthur Portfolio. 8: 19-43.
• Published as fig. 3, on p. 24.