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Birth and Baptism Certificate of Catharina Weickert
W. Lepper und E. Stettinius (1798)
1798
Medium/Technique
Woodcut, hand colored, touched with pen and wash on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.7 x 40.5 cm (13 1/4 x 15 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.787
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1371, fig. 375 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. Printing limits. (birth and baptism certificate, in German) Left and right, vase of four large flowers on undulating stem. Large heart containing record and two hearts with verses below. Names in red ink
InscriptionsNames and dates in read ink. LC printed: Hannover,/ Gedruckt/ von W. Lepper/ und E. Stet/ tinius./ 1798
ProvenanceColl: Nadelman from Ephrata Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 11, 1956