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Birth certificate for Marthin Licht
Attributed to: Conrad Trevits (American, 1751–1830)
1814
Place of Origin: Bethel Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Medium/Technique
Watercolor, and red and black ink on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.7 x 40.6 cm (13 1/4 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.766
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1350, fig. 365 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. Birth and baptism certificate Bethel Township, Lebanon County. Fraktur. Born 1814, son of Marthin and Barbara. Inscriptions in red and black ink in bordered heart, surrounded by four parrots and tulips.
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 1956)