Lot Essay
This double Geburtscheine is directly related to a comparable example recorded in The Winterthur Library: Decorative Arts Photographic Collection, NEH 418, 5 - 6. The related example, a double Taufschein and Vorschrift for Elizabeth and Christina Hess, is not only comparable in terms of its consideration of the form, but also its manner of execution. Likewise, both the Christina Hess referred to in the example illustrated here and the Christina Hess identified on the DAPC example were born 8 May 1790 in Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, thus further strengthening the connection between these two works.