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Birth and baptismal certificate for Joseph Hartranft
Printer: Gustav S. Peters (American, 1793–1847)
1845
Medium/Technique
Woodcut, printed in color; names and dates in pen; on paper
Dimensions
Image: 37.9 x 30.6 cm (14 15/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 41.6 x 33.0 cm (16 3/8 x 13 in.)
Sheet: 41.6 x 33.0 cm (16 3/8 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.789
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1374 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art-fraktur. Born 1845, Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pa.; son of Joseph and Sarah. Eight separate cuts and three repeats and full page printer's border with addition of color-printing (red and yellow); printing limits.
InscriptionsLC printed: Printed and for sale by G.S. Peters,- Harrisburg, Pa.
ProvenanceColl: Nadelman from Harrisburg; Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 11, 1956