Broadside printed on pale green silk, 29 x 5.7 cm, with Romantic head- and tailpieces and decoratively-tufted lateral edges. From the neatly sewn lateral edges and the rather frayed and unadorned upper and lower edges, it seems likely that the item was printed in serial impressions on a single long, pre-prepared strip of silk, and then cut into individual sheets. Issued in honor of Abraham Beccü’s 57th birthday, this is a very charming piece of amateur poetry, celebrating the joy in Beccü’s life and his relationship with his children (nowhere is a wife or mother referred to). Beccü’s unusual name suggests that his ancestors were among the French Huguenot refugees who settled in Prenzlau, on the border with Poland, in the late 17th century. Between 1806 and 1813, the region was occupied by Napoleon’s troops.