DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Birth certificate

NamePainting

Artist Ehre Vater Artist

CulturePennsylvania German

Date1827

Probably madePennsylvania, United States, North America

MediumPaper, wood, glass

Dimensionsoverall: 20 IN X 15 IN (FRAME) (APPROX)

Credit LineGift of Florence Dibell Bartlett

Object numberA.1953.25.3

Collections

The Florence Dibell Bartlett Collection

DescriptionAn illuminated birth certificate for a Jacob Lehmann of Dauphin County, Pennsylvannia in 1827. The illumination features florals and two birds, notably in the fraktur style of the Ehre Vater Artist. The pseudonym is derived from the German phrase "Ehre Vater und Mutter" (“honor father and mother”), a common motif in many of their birth and baptism certificates. Wood frame.