Live Auction 18947In Praise of America: Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Prints and Broadsides
PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL
Lot 146 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN COLLECTION

PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL

A BIRTH CERTIFICATE FRAKTUR FOR JOEL BILGER

Closed22 January 2021

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PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL
A BIRTH CERTIFICATE FRAKTUR FOR JOEL BILGER
pen, ink and watercolor on wove paper
15 ¼ x 12 ½ in. (sight)
dated 1802

James and Nancy Glazer, Philadelphia, 1990

Specialist note


With a dramatic and inventive composition, this fraktur is distinguished by the bold portrayal of an American eagle and may be referring to the birth of a new nation as well as the birth of Joel Bilger. Drawn entirely freehand, this work was probably made in Center Township, Union County, Pennsylvania.