DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Birth certificate
NamePainting
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
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.
