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Birth and Baptism Certificate of Sehra Hentruer
Printer: E. Benner (1836–1896)
Medium/Technique
Woodcut, Hand colored with wash, names in ink, on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 39.5 x 32.2 cm (15 9/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.797
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1384 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. Born 1841, Obersolfort Township, Montgomery County, Pa.; daughter of Johannes and Cadarina. Large eagle above record framed by two columns and surrounded by seven vignettes at bottom and two at top above framed verses left and right. Twisted wreath border. At least ten seperate cuts and four repeats and full page border. Printing limits
ProvenanceColl: Nadelman from Rheinhold Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 11, 1956