Engraver Artist
Birth and Baptismal Certificate

Public Domain

ExpandFavorite

Artist Engraver Artist(American, active Pennsylvania, 1791–1804)American, 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

On view

Explore Further

Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

[no inscriptions]

[no marks]

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.