Birth Certificate Fraktur by the "Ehre Vater" Artist (Berks County, act. 1782-1828)

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Birth Certificate Fraktur by the "Ehre Vater" Artist (Berks County, act. 1782-1828), Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1792, watercolor and ink, for Joseph Weber, composed of lilies, vining flowers, and a compass star, 15 1/2 x 13 (sight),in a black frame, 18 1/2 x 16 in. overall.

Literature: For a similar work see Shelley, The Fraktur - Writings of Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans, plate 206.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

not laid down, minor losses at edges/corners, evidence of tape or adhesive residue at reverse of corners, stain center reverse (not visible from front)


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