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Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Johannes Machemer
Henry Young
1827-1840
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Henry Young (Scrivener and decorator)
Place of Origin
Turbot Township; Pennsylvania; Northumberland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1958.0120.020
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0120.020
Object Name
Fraktur (Birth and baptismal certificate)
Title
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Johannes Machemer
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Henry Young (Scrivener and decorator)
Place of Origin
Turbot Township; Pennsylvania; Northumberland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Primary creation place is birthplace on certificate. Young moved often, but is known to have taught school in Union and Lycoming Counties during the dates ascribed to this Taufschein.
Date
1827-1840
Subject(s)
- Portrait
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
12.1 (H) x 8 (W) x 9.9 (Image H) x 8 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
30.8 (H) x 20.3 (W) x 25.2 (Image H) x 20.3 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom.
Edition Watermark
none
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. 8, pp. 546-7.Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published on p. 49, fig. 42.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. 830. For more info. on Young, see pp. 826-834.Article: Adams, Elizabeth Bryding. 1977 "The Fraktur Artist Henry Young.". Der Reggeboge: Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society. 2 (3-4)
Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 127, fig. 65Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 120, fig. 62