Eichholtz oil on canvas portrait of Catherine Trissler Eichholtz (Mrs. Jacob Eichholtz 1791-1867). Middle-aged woman faces left, wearing a dark brown dress with wide white "collar" draped over shoulders. Has a wide lace edging. Draped over right shoulder, coveriing entire dress sleeve, is a white scarf with ornately floral-embroidered edge. Wearing a large, fancy cap of gold ribbons and lace. Tie strings are ribbon. Right hand covers left hand. Dark background shows no details. Lighter 4-inch wide section runs vertically from mid-point to top of left side. Small parts of a chair peek out at left side.
Inscriptions: Various numbers on frame sides and top. Taped to lower back of foam board back cover is an encapsulated old, faded printed card with #36 followed by "MR. BLOCH(?) / MRS. CHAS. ----- / BRYN MAWR PA / MRS. JACOB (EICHHOLTZ) / CATHERINE T(RISSLER)." Stamped at top center of frame back & stretcher is "The Warwick Galleries / NW Corner 17tth & Locust Sts. / Philadelphia Pa". Handwritten in pencil along top left of stretcher is "Property of Mrs. Chas. Walker, Mermont Plaza, Bryn Mawr".
Early 20th c. frame, painted bronze. Has bold profile with wide cove and projecting bead at outside edges.
Object Name
Painting
Material
Paint, Canvas, Wood
Medium
Painting, Oil
Height (in)
30.25
Width (in)
25.125
Dimension Details
Canvas dimensions
Frame size: H: 35.5 inches x W: 30.5 inches
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-10-11
Condition Notes
Relined canvas has patched areas and many inpainted areas, including lips and both sides of hair. Large section along left side from center to top has been repainted.
Frame is good with several paint chips on bead section at both sides, right center and top left. Back of painting is covered with foam board.
Portrait of George Graeff, oil on wood panel. Portly, middle-aged man in profile, facing right. Has long dark hair tied with a ribbon and is wearing a black coat with white shirt and lace jabot. Dark background. Frame is wood veneered with single metal hanging ring at top.
Label on frame back states "Col. Geo. Graeff." A hatter, Graeff (1756-1823) is credited with building Graeff's Tavern on S. Queen St. He was captain of a volunteer company of Lancastrians at the Battle of Long Island during the Revolution. Was County Treasurer from 1787-1802 and the second president of Farmers Bank, after 1814. More info in file; see NOTES.
See NOTES
Provenance
Descent within the family, on the Hager side. Donor is gr. gr. gr. grandson of Geo. Graeff.
Colonel Geo. Graeff to son Graeff to daughter Annie M. (m. Charles F. Hager to son Walter C. Hager (single) to brother Charles F. Hager to daughter Susan (m. Richard P. Rohrer) to son Charges Hager Rohrer (donor).
Multiple small areas of paint loss. Small pieces of veneer missing from corners of frame; larger piece missing at lower left, abut 2" from corner. Painting and frame conserved by James Vallano, Ja. 2003, for 2003 exhibit "Worlds of Eichholtz".
Object ID
G.86.13.1
Notes
John J. Snyder, Jr. reports that on Oct 1, 1818, Eichholtz recorded a portrait of Graeff costing $20. He notes that this may be one of the latest profile portraits on panel done by Eichholtz.
Included in the 1912 Portraiture exhibition held in the Woolworth bldg., listed as #99 on page 25. See copy in file. The painting was owned and loaned to the exhibition by Graeff's great-grandson, Walter C. Hager (1859-1930).
Rebecca Beale includes this painting on page 96, but notes it is unlocated.
Place of Origin
Lancaster
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
