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Birth certificate of Daniel Walter
before 1794
Medium/Technique
Pen and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 32.4 x 40.0 cm (12 3/4 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 Number56.411
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1356, fig. 369 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- fraktur. house blessing. Born 1794, East Bensberry Township, Cumberland County, Pa.; son of Joseph and Maria. Doves, tulips and medallions surrounding heart enclosing inscription. Decorative border. Pennsylvania German Fractur
Marks
Watermark: two birds with common tail (?)
InscriptionsIn large letters at bottom in pen and ink: H. Seiler
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)