Engraver Artist
Birth and Baptismal Certificate

ArtistAmerican, active Pennsylvania, 1791–1804
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Birth and Baptismal Certificate
Datec. 1800–1810
PlaceUpper Milford Township, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumInk and watercolor on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/16 x 13 in. (20.5 x 33 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.60.43
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Folk Art Room
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Description

This yet unidentified artist produced a body of readily recognizable works in which the apparently faded text contrasts with the darker inked specifics. The surrounding ovoid floral wreath is also typical of this particular hand. 

Related examples: Weiser and Heaney 1976, no. 340, is closely related, and no. 341 has a starburst flower similar to that at the top of the wreath here. 

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


Provenance[Richard H. and Virginia A. Wood, Baltimore]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1960; given to MFAH.
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