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Miesse Family Record

1830

Ludwig Crecelius

Artist, American, active 1830

Ludwig Crecelius

Attributed to

Medium

transparent and opaque watercolor and ink on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Dimensions

sight size: 38.8 x 29.2 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

1966.13.10

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Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1961

Shelley, Donald A. The Fraktur-writings or illuminated manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans.... Allentown, PA, 1961: fig.236.

1966

101 Primitive Watercolors and Pastels, from the Collection of Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966: 60.

Inscriptions

on bowl, across center trans.: Family Record ... Jonathan; lower left: Blessed ... 1830; lower right: Commend ... LudwigCrecelius

Wikidata ID

Q64594327

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