Watercolor Fraktur - SOLD

Size: 15 1/4 inches x 12 1/2 inches

Origin: Pennsylvania

Condition: One old repair

Maker:

Provenance: Henry Pennypacker, Reddy, Pennsylvania and Bill Koch, Milton, Pennsylvania

Date: Dated 1783

Price: SOLD

Description: FRAKTUR BIRTH AND BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE FOR ELISABERTHA HAKNIN 1783 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA The watercolor is lavishly inscribed with such iconic Pennsylvania German motifs as soldiers, angels, birds, women in striped dresses and seated figures holding balloons of tulips and pinwheels. Small repair to paper on right side.