File:Fraktur, Taufschein (Birth Certificate), 1816 (CH 18441907).jpg

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English: Fraktur, Taufschein [Birth Certificate], 1816   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Fraktur, Taufschein [Birth Certificate], 1816
Description
English: Letterpress-printed form in English with text entered in with ink. Above, putti on a cloud holding a laurel wreath and an envelope; at left and right, standing angels. Below them, birds on branches with a cornucopia and central section of text and verses enclosed in a ruled border. At top left and write, additional verses.
Date 1816
date QS:P571,+1816-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium pen and black and brown ink, brush and watercolor over letterpress on white wove paper
Dimensions 41.1 x 33.4 cm (16 3/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1962-143-88
Credit line Gift of Hamill and Barker
Notes
  • Type: Fraktur
  • Inscribed: in pen and brown ink in center: David Vieman a Son / of Leonard Vieman and wife / was born on the 3 day / of January in the year of our Lord, 1816 / in the Township of Bethel in the County / of Lebanon in the State of Pennsylvania / in North America ; and was baptised on the / day (left blank) in the year of our Lord / by the Revd. Wilhelm Hendel / his sponsors were John Riegel and Latharina / his wife.
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