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Birth and Baptism Certificate of Catharine Schaub

1815

Medium/Technique Pen and watercolor on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 31.0 x 38.6 cm (12 3/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.767
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ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik cat. no 1352 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. Birth and baptism certificate. Fractur Born 1815, daughter of Johann and Catharine. Place not given. Pen inscription in red and black ink, surrouded by wide borders of flowers, including cherub with crossed feet at top center.
ProvenanceNadelman (Northampton County, PA); to Maxim Karolik (1893-1963, Newport); by whom given to MFA October 11, 1956