Attributed to Jacob Strickler, Virginia Birth Certificate

(American, 1770-1842)

Maria Lehn, 1805, inscribed, "Maria Lehn All your life, keep God in your eyes and in your heart and at no time should you forget His commandments (what he has said). Written in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1805", watercolor and ink on paper, 8 x 10-1/4 in.; unframed

Provenance: Walter-Benisek Art & Antiques; Collection of Dr. James Harkrader, Richmond, Virginia

Literature:

Donald R. Walters, "Jacob Strickler, Shenandoah County, Virginia, Fraktur Artist". The Magazine Antiques, September 1976, pp. 536-543

(a copy of the article is available to the purchaser)