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Fraktur (Birth certificate)
Birth certificate of Elizabeth Wills
New Jersey Artist
1776-1800
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
New Jersey Artist (Maker)
Place of Origin
Haddonfield; New Jersey; Gloucester; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
- Pine
Museum Object Number
1957.1247 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1247 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Birth certificate)
Title
Birth certificate of Elizabeth Wills
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
New Jersey Artist (Maker)
Place of Origin
Haddonfield; New Jersey; Gloucester; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Primary creation place based on location of child's birth derived from genealogical research. See object file in registrar's office.
Date
1776-1800
Subject(s)
- Fable
- Aesop
- Aesop's Fable
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
- Pine
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand lettered
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
7.8 (H) x 9.6 (W) x 7.8 (Image H) x 9.6 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
19.8 (H) x 24.5 (W) x 19.8 (Image H) x 24.5 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at right. Chain intervals: 2.5 cm; 10 laid lines per cm.
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
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. 73.Book: Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• Published on p. 571.Book: Shelley, Donald A. 1961 The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. 23.
• Published as fig. 299.