Item Information
Title: Marriage certificate of John Frederick Peto and Christine Pearl Smith
Date: 1889 Jun. 16
Physical Details: 1 marriage certificate ; 41 x 31 cm.
Description: Engraved certificate is embellished with vignettes depicting a wedding and a man and woman in a boat (captioned "the voyage of life"), as well as an ornate border of flowers, curlicues, doves and angels.
Published by N. Tibbals & Sons, New York, 1874.
Blanks in form are filled in with handwriting indicating the marriage of "John Frederick Peto of Philadelphia" to "Tena Pearl Smith of Marathon" (Ohio), on June 16th, 1889.
Creator: Unidentified
Forms part of: John Frederick Peto and Peto family papers, 1850-1983
Rights Statement: U.S. public domain
Citation Information: Marriage certificate of John Frederick Peto and Christine Pearl Smith, 1889 Jun. 16. John Frederick Peto and Peto family papers, 1850-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 6796