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Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Abraham Beitelman
1772-1790
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Greenwich Township; New Jersey; Sussex; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1957.1189 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1957.1189 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)
Title
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Abraham Beitelman
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Greenwich Township; New Jersey; Sussex; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Primary creation place is birthplace on certificate, Greenwich Township, Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey. Greenwich Township became part of Warren County in 1824.
Date
1772-1790
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
8.2 (H) x 13.25 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20.8 (H) x 33.6 (W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. No image measurements in conservation file. Chain intervals: 2.5 cm.
Edition Watermark
Center: indiscernible word and date ("FORSTEN/ EN COMP."?)
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published as fig. 239, p. 247.Article: McGrail, David B. "Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth-Century Illuminated New Jersey Documents: An Introduction and a Checklist". New Jersey History. 40-74.
• Published on p. 68.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. 6, p. 26.