Image of a birth and baptism certificate; baby being baptized by a priest at top center with several people looking on near the baptismal basin; elaborate decorative frame for text with vignettes of a man being baptized, tablets with the Ten Commandments, a chalice and cross, Jesus Christ speaking to a group of children, doves with Bible verses on banners, and a cross and anchor. Date supplied by cataloger based on item text. "Published by Schäfer & Koradi, S.W. 4th. & Wood Sts. Philada."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : color printed ; overall 45.72 x 34.93 cm (18 x 13 3/4 in.)
Babies--Pictorial works Baptism--Pictorial works Bible stories--Pictorial works Crosses--Pictorial works Jesus Christ--Pictorial works Intaglio prints--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Religion Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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