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Birth and Baptismal Certificate of Johannes Hollebach
1801
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American
American
Pen and black ink and brush and pigment on tan laid paper
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (19.7 × 32.4 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
67.73
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Markings
Inscribed, in pen and black ink, inside decorative heart: Johannes Hollebach | ist geborn den 4 July 1801 in Penn- | sylvanien in Berk's County in Windsor Township | der Vater war Henrich holleback u. die Mutter | Elisabetja [--] geborn Mayerin | und murde getauff non[-]in : Johanes Mann | [illegible script] Grossvater | Michael Hollebach | Wittwer Inscribed, on verso lengthy inscription, in German: [text is in an old hand and very calligraphic]
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1967-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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American, Birth and Baptismal Certificate of Johannes Hollebach, 1801, pen and black ink and brush and pigment on tan laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 67.73.
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