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Birth and Baptism Certificate of Catharine Schaub
1815
Medium/Technique
Pen and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.0 x 38.6 cm (12 3/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.767
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1352 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. Birth and baptism certificate. Fractur Born 1815, daughter of Johann and Catharine. Place not given. Pen inscription in red and black ink, surrouded by wide borders of flowers, including cherub with crossed feet at top center.
ProvenanceNadelman (Northampton County, PA); to Maxim Karolik (1893-1963, Newport); by whom given to MFA October 11, 1956