Family register, February 6, 1813, William Murray, American, 1756 - 1828, 15 11/16 x 12 13/16 in. (39.85 x 32.54 cm) (sight)17 5/16 x 14 3/8 x 1 in. (43.97 x 36.51 x 2.54 cm) (outer frame), Ink, pencil and pigments on paper, United States, 19th century, New York artist William Murray made numerous family registers, particularly for British-American families. Here Murry documents the family of Daniel Contryman, born in 1785. The style is an interesting hybrid of Pennsylvania Dutch (German) fraktur or 'broken' writing style and traditional New England family registers. A fabulous example of American folk art.