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Birth and baptismal certificate for Benjamin Hall
Conrad Trevits (American, 1751–1830)
1814
Medium/Technique
Ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.8 x 39.4 cm (12 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.765
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1347 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. Birth and baptism certificate of Benjamin Hall, born 1814 in Tyrone Township, Cumberland County, Pa.; son of Johannes Haal and wife Rebeca. Flower sprays on either side of large star medallion in lunetter above inscription panel, the whole enclosed in triple border forming arch; eight tulips in pairs on either side. Inscription in red and black ink.Fractur
ProvenanceNadelman (Reading, PA); to Maxim Karolik (1893-1963, Newport); by whom given to MFA October 11, 1956