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Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Caraanna Huber
Carl Friederich Egelmann
1835-1840
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Carl Friederich Egelmann (Designer, engraver and publisher)
Place of Origin
Douglass Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1980.0048
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1980.0048
Object Name
Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)
Title
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Caraanna Huber
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Carl Friederich Egelmann (Designer, engraver and publisher)
Place of Origin
Douglass Township; Pennsylvania; Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Primary creation place is birthplace on certificate. Completed by an unknown scrivener.
Secondary Place of Origin
Reading; Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
Egelmann engraved and sold certificates in Reading.
Date
1835-1840
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom right
Inscription: Gezeichnet und gestochen von C. F. Egelmann.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Etching
- Engraving
- Stipple Engraving
- Hand lettered
Dimensions (inches)
11.9 (H) x 9.7 (W) x 11.2 (Image H) x 8.92 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
30.3 (H) x 24.7 (W) x 28.44 (Image H) x 22.66 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom (above torn corners). Plate H not available. Plate W (near top): 9.6 in. (24.5 cm).
Publisher Summary
C. Egelmann
Place of Publication
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Publisher Name
C. Egelmann
Edition State
II
Edition Watermark
none
Edition Notes
Second state with clouds in sky.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ames, Alexander Lawrence. 2020 The Word in the Wilderness: Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania.
• Published: p. 136, fig.30Book: Stopp, Klaus. 1998 The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 4.
• See Stopp 754.2, p. 278 (Winterthur's example not listed).