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Death Notice for Johann Heinrich Harms, 8th Jan. 1917

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Print on paper
23.4×29.7 cm
Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Translation of the Transcription:

With great sorrow, Mrs. Josefine Harms as his wife on behalf of herself and her children
hereby announces to all relatives and loving friends the devastating news of the passing of her/their unforgettable husband/father, father-in-law and grandfather,
Mister

Johann Heinrich Harms,
homeowner,

who on Friday, 5th January 1917, at 8 o’clock in the evening went to be with his lord and savior after a brief illness in his 73rd year.
The mortal remains of the beloved deceased will be consecrated in a rite of the Protestant faith, A. C. [Augsburg Confession], on Monday, 8th January 1917, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon at the cemetery chapel in Ober St. Veit and he will be laid to rest in his own grave on said cemetery.

Vienna, 8th January 1917.

The grieving family.

The family thanks mourners for their silent sympathy and for abstaining from sending wreaths and offering accompaniment, in line with the wishes of the beloved deceased.

Undertaker Joh. Meißner sexton in Ober St.-Veit. – Printed by J. Millmann, telephone 19075.

Object data

Title
Death Notice for Johann Heinrich Harms
Date
8th Jan. 1917
Category
Autograph
Material​/technique
Print on paper
Dimensions
23.4×29.7 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 7765
Inventory access
Accession 2023
Catalogue raisonne
  • ESDA ID 2863
Keywords
Egon Schiele
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Privatsammlung Leopold, Wien; (1)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (2023)

  1. Archiv des Leopold Museums, Rechnung Nr. 01-2023 vom 18.04.2023

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