Sketch by Lloyd Mifflin (and Thomas Moran?), "The Bridge at Wrightsville". Gray flecked paper has pencil sketch of landscape with river and bridge in distance. Mounted with homemade window mat of dark gray with line borders around window.
Kraft paper backing has "Wrightsville Bridge" in ink at top right and pencil inscriptions at center reading "acid free linen mat barrier and backing used herein - another Mifflin sketch on back of existing sketch-"
Provenance
Presumed to be inherited from Lloyd Mifflin by the Minich sisters
Thin, w/ molded plaster? foliate decoration on wood, painted black over original gold
Image Size
5 x 7 inches
Object Name
Drawing
Material
Paper
Medium
Drawing
Height (in)
5
Width (in)
7
Dimension Details
Image size. Frame H: 10.625 inches x W: 13.625 inches.
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2015-01-27
Condition Notes
Bottom right corner of sketch missing. Old glass in a plaster-molded thin wood frame is painted flat black over original gold. Multiple paint chips. Backing paper perforated especially at top and left side.
Framed matted pastel portrait of Henry Kauffman ready to be hung. Frame has black enamel on edges and on quarter inch of top. Curved (inward) wood grained half inch and one sixteenth inch gold inner edge. One and one quarter inch beveled edge mat. Sticker: "Custom framed at: The Framery, Etc."
Pencil sketch with white highlights, executed on brown paper, depicting a scene near Turkey Hill, PA. Shows a rocky hill with trees on both sides and a pool with a small waterfall. The title of the scene at bottom center in pencil script is "Near Turkey Hill." Below this is a small window cut into mat showing a white card that reads, in script: "Given J.(F?) D. L. by / Artist 1860." Artist signed in lower left corner of drawing, "W.Sanford Mason / 1854."
Mounted in a natural finish wood frame with peach window mat. Brown paper dust cover on back has sticker at bottom: "The Frame Shop, Santa Rosa, Calif." Small paper clipping taped to back is a synopsis of artist's professional life. It notes that fact that Mason lived in Phila. but made trips into the country in 1854.
H: 19.25 inches x 13.25 inches. Thin natural brown finish wood, peach window mat.
Object Name
Drawing
Material
Paper, Glass, Wood
Medium
Drawing
Height (in)
19.25
Width (in)
13.25
Depth (in)
8.875
Dimension Details
Frame dimensions.
11.5" x 8.75" drawing dimensions
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-10-13
Condition Notes
Sketch appears to be clipped in lower right corner. Paper dust cover on back is abraded, punctured and torn.
Object ID
P.94.01.2
Notes
In 1853, Mason married Elizabeth Strickler Weaver of Columbia, Lancaster County. He likely returned to this area from time to time to visit his in-laws.
Signed Name
W. Sanford Mason
Signature Location
Lower left corner
Credit
Acquired through the generosity of the James Hale Steinman Foundation
Colored ink drawing of the 70-acre property of Franklin B. Musselman, situated within a horseshoe bend of Conestoga Creek in Pequea Twp. Road from New Danville to Lancaster crosses property and a bridge spans the creek on the east side. Adjacent to bridge, alongside each side of road, are two tiny vignettes of buildings. On south side is a 2-story house. On north side there appears to be a cluster of buildings. This draft is a visual representation of a survey and is described in 7 lines of florid script stating that the survey was performed April 15, 1871 by J.M. Fulton.
Framed by Dream Framer with "conservation materials". Drawing has foxing, fly specks, and a horizontal band of stain across top. At right edge of paper, just below center, is a curving tear. Breaking at fold lines.
MG0632, Folder 10. Jacob Weitzel's patent for stills with the signature of President Andrew Jackson, January 30, 1834. Much of the ink on the document has faded; the seal is intact. Also signed by U.S. Secretary of State Louis McLane and Attorney General B.F. Butler. Registered in the U.S. Patent Office, June 5, 1837.
Weitzel was a coppersmith in Lancaster.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Richard A. Sauers, In Memory of Rosine Bucher
Pencil drawings with white highlights on brown paper. Shows a rocky hill with trees on both sides. Artist signed "Wm Sanford Mason/1854" in pencil on a rock on right side of the drawing. In lower right corner "Safe Harbor, PA" is written in pencil. Below is a window cut in the tan mat showing a white piece of paper with the following written cursively in brown ink: "Presented to F. D. S. ?/ Artist - 1860/ Phil-"
A clipping is pasted on the back (obituary/bio) giving details of his life and career. William Sanford Mason (1824-1864)
Sticker on Reverse: The Frame Shop, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Drawing of head a shoulders, frontal view; graphite on paper of a Native American, wearing a shell necklace; single feathers in hair, right side of face and head.
In cursive writing in blue ink on back: "From Walter W Griel/ To his/ Grandmother".
