Portrait and Birth Record of Mahala Wechter

Jacob Maentel American
1833
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  • Title: Portrait and Birth Record of Mahala Wechter
  • Artist: Jacob Maentel (1763?–1863)
  • Date: 1833
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on off-white wove paper
  • Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (29.5 x 24.1 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.242.28
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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