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Fraktur (Birth certificate)
Birth certificate (Geburts-schein) of Henrich Landis
Karl Muench
1800-1830
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Karl Muench (Scrivener and decorator)
Place of Origin
Elizabeth Township; Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper
Museum Object Number
1958.0120.011 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1958.0120.011 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Birth certificate)
Title
Birth certificate (Geburts-schein) of Henrich Landis
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Karl Muench (Scrivener and decorator)
Place of Origin
Elizabeth Township; Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Primary creation place is birthplace on certificate.
Secondary Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Dauphin or Northumberland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
Muench first taught at Schaefferstown in Lebanon County around 1799, then taught briefly at Rehrersburg, Berks County, and in 1804 became the schoolmaster in the Lykens Valley of Dauphin and Northumberland Counties from 1804 until his death in 1833.
Date
1800-1830
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
8.1 (H) x 13.2 (W) x 7.3 (Image H) x 12.6 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20.5 (H) x 33.6 (W) x 18.6 (Image H) x 31.9 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H taken 1¼" from left. W taken 2¾" from top. Image H taken 2¼" from left. Image W taken 1½" from top. Chain intervals: 2.3-2.6 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
Edition Watermark
CB
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Evans, Nancy Goyne. 03//1973 Documented Fraktur in the Winterthur Collection: Part II. Antiques. 103 (3): 539-49.
• Published as fig. 2, p. 540.Book: Stoudt, John Joseph. 1964 Early Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts.
• Published as fig. 319, p. 324.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. 568. For more info. on this artist, see pp. 566-568.