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A Birth Certificate Fraktur for Catherine Heffner
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BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL, CIRCA 1800
A Birth Certificate Fraktur for Catherine Heffner
While the date of the birth was November 8, 1795, the paper bears the print date of 1798 wit the printed inscriptions, "Berfertig von F. Kregs, REDING: geduct ben J. Schneider u. Co. im jahr 1798," translating to, "made by f. Krebs, printed by J. Schneider and Co., in the year 1798.
watercolor and ink on paper
13¼ x 16 inches
A Birth Certificate Fraktur for Catherine Heffner
While the date of the birth was November 8, 1795, the paper bears the print date of 1798 wit the printed inscriptions, "Berfertig von F. Kregs, REDING: geduct ben J. Schneider u. Co. im jahr 1798," translating to, "made by f. Krebs, printed by J. Schneider and Co., in the year 1798.
watercolor and ink on paper
13¼ x 16 inches
Provenance
Christie's New York, January 21, 1989, lot 416