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Geistlicher Haus-Segen
House blessing and birth record of Daniel Bubacher, 1806
Geistlicher Haus-Segen
Abram Brubaker (American, 19th century)
1806 (?)
Medium/Technique
Printed text, with decorations in pen and watercolor on pale yellow-green paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 33.0 x 40.0 cm (13 x 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number58.938
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1355, fig. 368 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. HOUSE BLESSING. Large heart-shaped chain of leaves and fruit enclosing printed house blessing and pen birth record below. Flowers and birds filling corners within rectangular border.
Marks
Watermark: M and scroll (?)
InscriptionsInscriptions in red ink. On strip pasted at bottom in red ink: Written by Abram Brubaker in the year 1806.
Provenance1958, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1958)