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Birth and Baptism Certificate of Frederich Rottenberger
[Georg] Friedrich Speyer (American, active 1771–1801)
1771
Medium/Technique
Pen and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 34.4 x 41.1 cm (13 9/16 x 16 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.769
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1357 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. Birth and baptism certificate.Born 1771, Elsass Township, Berks Co. PA.; son of Peter and Johanantha. Two lions top center, two birds on floral spray, and pair of mermaids around printed record panel, Fractur
ProvenanceNadelman (Lancaster, PA);; Elie Nadelman, Riverdale on Hudson; Nov. 2, 1948 to Maxim Karolik (1893-1963, Newport) in care of Museum of Fine Arts; by whom given to MFA October 11, 1956