Johannes Adam Simon Oertel [graphic]. ca. 1880.

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Johannes Adam Simon Oertel [graphic]. ca. 1880.

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1 photographic print : b&w ; image 14 x 10 cm. on paper 16 x 11 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8227377

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Oertel, Johannes Adam Simon, 1823-1909

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Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, artist and Episcopal clergyman, was born in Bavaria and came to the United States in 1848. In 1851, he married Julia Adelaide Torrey (d. 1907), with whom he had four children. His works include decorations for the ceiling of the House of Representatives in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.; "Rock of Ages," which was widely circulated in reproduction; and many religious paintings and wood carvings for churches. Oertel served as rector in Lenoir and Morganton, N.C.; Glen ...