Watercolor on paper, depicting a mantel and fireplace. the mantel has numerous decorations along the top and down both sides, the largest of which, in the center, show a group of roman soldiers, lions and cherubs. the two gold andirons have devils' head on top.
The caption on the bottom reads 'MANTEL AT "HARDWICKE" LANCASTER PA: DEMOLISHED NOV: 1881/BUILT'
The neoclassical composition ornaments were probably by the notes Philadelphia manufacturer Robert Wellford. When Hardwicke was demolished in 1881, this mantel was purchased by Andre Jackson Steinman for use in his house on the corner of E. Orange and N. Shippen Streets. It is still in that building, which is now the Showcase of Fashion. (Written by Scott Sager)
