Oil painting (portrait) of the upper body of an unidentified Caucasian man with brown hair and brown eyes wearing a white shirt, tie and suit jacket. Dark background and jacket. Second half of 20th century. Faint white barely discernible lettering in lower right corner. Letters look like William Nelson.
Dark brown wood frame with painted gold beveled inner frame.
Fingerprint on lower right of painting, beneath lettering that appears to have been painted over. Original back covering has been removed and replaced with .what appears to be acid-free backer board
Lloyd Mifflin oil painting. Landscape of curving road lined with green shrubs . Large tree arching across road with 2 flying birds and colorful sky of warm tones neared the horizon changing to blues higher in the sky.
Decorative frame painted bronze with a green wash.
The Buchanan home in the 19th century, with lights on inside, on front porch and lamppost in right foreground. A woman in a pink dress and bonnet is being assisted as she alights from a black horse-drawn carriage. The man helping her is attired in a formal black suit with top hat. The driver and a third gentleman are seated inside the carriage. Although flowers cascade from a planter in the foreground, the orange leaves indicated fall.
The artist signed Florence Taylor 1970 on lower right beside lamp post.
Written on the back: "Purchased at Wheatland Fallfest Auction held in front of building 5 October 1978. From Wheatland Collection. Used as cover illustration on 36-page booklet "Tour of mansion in color." Hung in the Florence Starr Taylor Show at The First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster Town Fair, October 20 and 21. 1980. (Unknown initials)
Also, taped to the back are newspaper clippings: articles/obits and funeral notice.
Brass plate attached to back: "SAMUEL J. SHAY/ 1804-1861/ Earle."
Portrait of dark-haired, brown-eyed Samuel Shay wearing a white shirt with high collar, black tie at throat and a black jacket. Left arm appears to be resting on something and the left hand is partially visible. Background is brown.
Artist's name painted in red on back of canvas: S. J. Earl ???
Dirty with foxing throughout. Left side of canvas separated from stretcher. Some sections of paint missing on edges. Hole (1-inch) center top above Mr. Shay's head. Two slashes in canvas on far right near edge above shoulder. Small vertical line of white to left of Shay's cheek.
Oil painting of a seated man leaning with his right arm, right hand exposed, on the arm of the chair. He has brown hair with long sideburns. His light brown eyes look toward the viewer. A white bow is tied under his chin on the a high white collar with horizontal pleats. A stick pin is inserted in one of the pleats that run vertically down the front of his shirt. His jacket is black.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 5
Storage Cabinet
Unit 42
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Storage Drawer
Bin 2-A
Object Name
Painting
Oither Names
Portrait
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2022-05-19
Condition Notes
Crackling. A tear lower left, near corner. Some paint missing on upper left near edge. Upper right area with paint missing and some tear, but canvas fibers intact.
Object ID
2022.999.020
Notes
Tom Ryan looked at this painting on 5/19/2022 and thinks it might have been painted by Jacob Eichholtz.
Oil painting of Mrs. Alexander Hood seated on red chair with draped red curtain behind. Her dark brown hair is parted in the center and she is wearing a white covering with ruffles along sides covering her ears. The two wide sashes/ties hang down to her waist. A dainty lace collar piece, unattached, is around her neck with opening in front. She wears a black dress with gathers from a front vertical seam that ends in a point below her waist. Long sleeve visible on her left arm has two sections of gathers on the upper arm. Her left hand rests on her lap.
Artist: Arthur Armstrong, American portrait painter (b.1798-d.1851).
Some crackling overall. Some paint rubbed off above wooden edges. Some fine vertical streaks on woman's dress, left elbow. A small spot on right side of painting above red chair. Canvas nailed to stretcher bars in tact.
Bicycle lock; Super Slaymaker Minute Man Combination Padlock; long shackle attached to U-Shaped outer case; combination dial on front of case; "SLAYMAKER" on center of dial; "Slaymaker MADE IN / U.S.A." on back of case;
Note: Accompanying tag includes lock and combination information.
Slaymaker Minute Man Combination Padlock Tag, No. 5220
Description
Combination lock tag for Super Slaymaker Minute Man Combination Padlock; yellow and black label folded in half; combination No. 5220; piece of string attached to tag through hole, upper left corner; bent and creased.
Note: Tag accompanied Slaymaker Minute Man Combination Padlock, No. 5220
Pastel drawing of Ann Slaymaker O'Reilly by Florence Starr Taylor.
Description
Pastel drawing of Ann Slaymaker O'Reilly by Florence Starr Taylor. Woman is seated, shoulder length dark hair, brown eyes. String of pearls around neck. Black and red off-shoulder dress. Signed "FLORENCE / STARR / TAYLOR / 1946" lower right corner.
Ann Slaymaker, born November 13, 1925 was the daughter of S.C and Martha Slaymaker.
Miniature portrait of Frances O. Swarr by J. Henry Brown. Oval image of Swarr is surrounded by a red velvet oval contained in a rectangular gold-colored plaster frame. Portrait is of a woman in a white dress, shoulders exposed; straight dark hair parted in middle. Part of a set with 2021.029.001 (Hiram B. Swarr). typed label on back identifies subject and artist. Framed by Wunderly Brothers, Pittsburgh.
John Henry Brown's career began in Philadelphia in 1845, where he painted most of his sitters. Brown often preferred to take daguerreotypes of his sitters and use those as guides for his miniatures, rather than having the person sit for him. He claimed it was easier to work from a small image than from a life-size model. (Smithsonian)
Provenance
Part of a collection of 109 letters, documents and 3 clippings saved by Hiram B. Swarr, Attorney & Co-Executor for the estate of James Buchanan.
Yellow ribbon pinned behind a gold-colored metal pin as if hanging behind a relief curtain rod and valance. In black letters on ribbon: "BUSINESS/ MEN'S/ CLUB/ - / McKINLEY/ AND/ ROOSEVELT./ -/ 1900."
Paper sticker on back of ribbon: "Erisman,/ Badges, Banners, Flags/ Lodge Supplies/ Manufacturer's Agent,/ Lancaster, Pa."
The "H.L. Green Co." sign is from above the entrance door of the "Five and Dime" store at Orange and Queen Streets in Lancaster, PA.
The name of the company is printed in white upper-case letters on a green background. White circular seals appear at before and after the name. A brass plate is attached to the wood frame, bottom center: "Mgr. J. Robert Taylor"
"The late J. Robert Taylor managed both the H.L. Green and the McCrory stores in downtown Lancaster during the 1980-90's...I would like these signs displayed both in memory of an era of retailing gone by and in memory of Mr. Taylor. (written by F.A. Wark)
Faded duplicate of 2005.005.2a. Black paint faded. 3 wide strokes of cream-colored paint on left. Missing paint. Piece of lower left corner missing. Appears to have been used for b-b-gun practice with numerous bubbles on the back. Also dirt on the back.
Small box with faded blue paper cover slides fully into either end of the cardboard sleeve, like a match box. A colored drawing, an outdoor setting with some of the pieces, cover the entire top surface. Beneath the drawing on lower left is "10/2"; on lower right is "Made in Western Germany." Kit includes 13 pieces: 13 pieces: 2 ducks; 1 pig; 1 horse; 1 farmer; 1 tree; 1 water bucket; and 5 wooden fence rails.
Small oil painting on paper of Mrs. General (Abigail Ann Bailey) John Steele. Head to waist, Mrs. Steele is seated holding a red bound book in her left hand with right hand crossing her left wrist .Fine detail, especially dots on bonnet fabric and designs on sleeve cuffs. Copy of portrait by Jacob Eichholtz.
She and John Steele married on March 4, 1784. She died two weeks after her husband, on March 13, 1827.
On reverse, written in black ink in cursive: "Property of and loaned by/ Mary Steele Slaymaker/ Mrs.. H.E. Slaymaker/ 149 W. Duke St./Lancaster/Pa."
