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Calligraphy, Fraktur: Baptismal Certificate of Maria Schaeffer

This is a Calligraphy. It was created by P. Otto. It is dated 1820 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment.

Its dimensions are

32.9 × 39.9 cm (12 15/16 × 15 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

See notes.

Cite this object as

Calligraphy, Fraktur: Baptismal Certificate of Maria Schaeffer; P. Otto; brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on paper; 32.9 × 39.9 cm (12 15/16 × 15 11/16 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment; 1960-76-1

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