Item Info

Scripts/Text: Roman print
Language: English
Weiser Number: 364
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Catherine Styre, \ (Daughter of David Styre \ and his Wife Veronic \ a born Shirk) was born \ August 18^th in the year \ of our Lord 1835.

Category: Birth Certificate (Geburtsschein)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Roman print, and with a portion enclosed in brackets, is within a square frame in the lower portion of the document. Above it is a clock face or timepiece. The entire document is divided into square and rectangular areas that are filled with a variety of geometric shapes. Samuel Bentz was formerly known as the Mount Pleasant Artist.

Associated Names: Styre, Veronica
Provenance: Arthur Sussel

Bibliography:

"Samuel Bentz" in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2^nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 90-93.

Pennsylvania Folk Art (Allentown, Pa.: Allentown Art Museum, 1974); published as fig. 70.

Frederick S. Weiser, “Samuel Bentz, the Mount Pleasant Artist,” in Der Reggeboge 20, no. 2 (1986).

Richard I. Barons, ed. The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehanna Valley (Binghampton, NY: Roberson Center, 1982); published as fig. 79 and as color plate on p. XI.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Lancaster]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1835
Image Dimensions Width: 25 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 676
Creator Name: [Samuel Bentz (1792-1850)] - Decorator
[Samuel Bentz (1792-1850)] - Scrivener