Bookplate for Elizabeth Huth1806Sheet: 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 " (14 x 8.6 cm)Watercolor and ink on paperGift of Ralph Esmerian2001.34.30At bottom red and black decorated pinwheel motif is surrounded by stylized leaves on a branch. Heavy border of 7 lines in black, red, and brown. Elaborate lettering. Possibly Schwenkfelder.1542603008David KriebelDrawingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.Pennsylvania GermanPrinted frontispiece reads: "Catechism/or/Short lesson/of/Christian Dogma/for growing youth to be used in the Palatinate of the Prince Elector & in other reformed Areas:/together with/the home plate/with & without the Biblical/verse book/All to the honor and praise of the Lord/Philadelphia" "Printed by Henrich Schweitzer, the southwestern corner of Reese & 4th Street. 1803."United StatesPennsylvaniaWorks on Paper
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