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Birth and baptismal certificate for Simon Baumgärtner
Printer: Gustav S. Peters (American, 1793–1847)
1834
Medium/Technique
Woodcut, hand-colored with watercolor, on paper
Dimensions
Image: 39.4 x 31.1 cm (15 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 40.8 x 33.8 cm (16 1/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 40.8 x 33.8 cm (16 1/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.788
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1373 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur.Gerburts-und Tauf-Schein eight separate cuts and three repeats and full-page printer's border; Printing limits. Fractur
Marks
Watermark: T Xc (?)
InscriptionsLC printed: Harrisburg, Pa.- Gedruckt und zu haben bey G.S. Peters.; lr in pen: Francis Levany (?)
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 1956)