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A similar Centre County Geburts und Taufschein by Daniel Otto is illustrated in Garvan, p. 303, fig. 24.
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A WATERCOLOR AND INK DECORATED GEBURTSCHEIN
DANIEL OTTO, THE "FLAT TULIP ARTIST," 1770 - 1821, SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1818
The rectangular certificate embellished with a large central yellow and red heart decorated on the outside with green, red and yellow berries, tendrils and tulips, and inscribed on the inside with the birth record of Jacob Kuhn, born in Centre County on 11 January 1818 to George and Salome Kuhn--8in. high, 13in. wide
DANIEL OTTO, THE "FLAT TULIP ARTIST," 1770 - 1821, SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1818
The rectangular certificate embellished with a large central yellow and red heart decorated on the outside with green, red and yellow berries, tendrils and tulips, and inscribed on the inside with the birth record of Jacob Kuhn, born in Centre County on 11 January 1818 to George and Salome Kuhn--8in. high, 13in. wide