Fraktur Taufschein for Michael Bossert

antique Pennsylvania fraktur taufschein antique Pennsylvania fraktur taufschein

antique Pennsylvania fraktur taufschein

Tear Sheet


Attributed to the "Tall Soldiers Artist" (active c. 1760-1780), Northampton County, Pennsylvania

c. 1766

watercolor and ink on laid paper

8 1/2" x 13 1/2"; sight

translation: Michael Bossert was born into this world on 26 February in the year 1766 of Christian Lutheran parents. His Godfather Johann Michael Ritter has had this baptismal certificate made for him in celebration thereof. His Godmothr was Margaretha Beck.

Literaturefor a related example, see Minardi, Drawn with Spirit: Pennsylvania German Fraktur from the Joan and Victor Johnson Collection (2015), p. 50.

 |