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Johann Conrad Trevits (Southeastern Pennsylvania, active 1775-1825), watercolor and ink on paper birth and baptismal certificate, for
Catharina Carmene, born 1793, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, with a central heart enclosing script surmounted by tulip flowers and vines within a border, flanked by ovals with six birds perched in branches, all in blue, orange, rust, green, and yellow, 13" x 16". Provenance: John Gordon; Collection of Jack & Mary Louise Krumrine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pook and Pook Auction, April 2013, lot 8.
Condition
Laid down on paper. Some edge paper loss. Creases. Tears throughout. A couple holes in script in black ink. 2'' x 3/4'' piece missing center right. 1 1/2'' x 3/4'' patch to left edge.åÊ