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Birth Certificate of Johannis Mennert
Birth Certificate of Johannis Mennert

Birth Certificate of Johannis Mennert

Artist
Date1821
Geographic OriginLancaster County, Pennsylvania | Conestoga, Pennsylvania
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsFramed: H 13 3/4 x W 10 7/8 in. (H 34.9 x W 27.6 cm)
Image: H 10 x W 7 3/4 in. (H 25.4 x W 19.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Henry Ploch, 2000
Object number2000.19.5
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Object NameFraktur
Title Details
Descriptive Title Birth Certificate of Johannis Mennert
Inscriptionsrecto: c., orange ink: " Johannis Mennert / ist aus diese welt geboren im Jahr / unsere herrn and heilandes Jesu / Christi Anno 1821 den 29 Septem- / ber in Conostogo taunschin Lanca - / ster caunty und in nord America".Marks and Labels/Stampswood backing: u.l. typed and printed paper label "BIRTH CERTIFICATE - JONNASE MENNERT NO. 1300 / BY Anonymous / Medium Pa. Fractur S.P. [illegible] / Found Lancaster County, Pa. Size 9 x 12" / Nelrac:4/52:MSX Inscription in German records this as executed in Conostoga Twnsp. / Lancaster Co., Pa., Sept. 20, 1821 / AMERICAN FOLK ART GALLERY / Established 1929 [Stamp: blue ink] May 26, 1969 / 32 East 51st Street, New York City"; wood backing: u.l. gum label [partially covered by American Folk Art Gallery label] "#13 [illegible]"ProvenanceEdith Halpert, New York, New York; to Henry Ploch, Clifton, New Jersey.Exhibition History"Quilt Masterpieces from Folk Art to Fine Art", The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (October 17, 2003 - January 11, 2004)

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