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Birth and baptism certificate of Johannes Seybert
[Georg] Friedrich Speyer (American, active 1771–1801)
1770
Medium/Technique
Watercolor, pen and brown and red ink, with printed record on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.0 x 41.4 cm (13 x 16 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.770
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1358, fig. 370 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. Birth and baptism certificate. Born 1770, Heidelberg Township, Dauphin county, PA.; son of Christian and Catharina. Two allegorical figures in long striped skirt, two parrots, two mermaids and flowers around large heart of printed record. Names in red ink. Printed verses at bottom in two small hearts.Fraktur
Marks
Watermark: fleur-de-liss
ProvenanceNadelman (Northampton County, PA); to Maxim Karolik (1893-1963, Newport); by whom given to MFA October 11, 1956