Lot 523
  • 523

Rare Birth Record for Emanuel Bart, The Leacock Township Artist probably Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1800

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • BIRTH RECORD FOR EMANUEL BART
  • Watercolor and ink on paper
  • 7 5/8 by 10 in.
  • C. 1800
Watercolor and ink on paper

Inscribed (translated from German) recto, ink: Emanuel Bart / is my name / in heaven / is my fatherland / in Leack Township, Lancaster County in state of / Pennsylvania in the year of our / Lord 1793 the 5th May I was born, a student /selected.

Provenance

James and Nancy Glazer, Philadelphia, 1992

Literature

American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum, p. 202, fig. 170

Condition

Some flaking in black areas. Repaired tear upper left border approximately two inches.
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