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Birth and Baptism Certificate of Johannes Lohra

Printer: Jacob Stöver
Medium/Technique Wood cut, hand-colored with calligraphic decorations in green and brown ink, border of printer's ornament; on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 33.2 x 41.1 cm (13 1/16 x 16 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.790
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné Karolik cat. no 1376 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. Born 1808, Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pa.; son of Georg and Elisabetha. In German; large heart center, containing record; floral spray l. and r. springing from a heart containing verses; small vignette of two doves on rose spray top center. Decorated with calligraphic penwork. Border of printer's ornament. Printing Limits
Marks Watermark: small rooster (?)
InscriptionsLC printed: Libanon:/ Gedruckt bey/ Jacob Stover.
ProvenanceColl: Nadelman from Doylestown