Baptismal Certificate
Baptismal Certificate

Currently not on view

Baptismal Certificate,

1829

Gustav Sigismund Peters, American, born Germany, 1793–1847
x1945-27

Information

Title
Baptismal Certificate
Dates

1829

Maker
Gustav Sigismund Peters
Medium

Wood engraving

Dimensions

39.5 × 32.5 cm (15 9/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mather Collection

Object Number
x1945-27
Place Made

North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg

Inscription

Printed and inscribed in ink in German, all over: [Certificate of Rosa Anna Schmidt, born in Lebanon, Pa., Nov. 16, 1828. Baptized May 5th, 1829 with hymns]

Culture
American, German
Type
prints, wood engravings
Subject
angels, hymns, baptismal certificates, text, birds

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