Handmade rectangular grater crudely fashioned with tinned sheet iron and having 14 staggered slits of 1.25" width and raised edges for cutting. All four edges are folded to back, but the two long sides are rolled over wire to stiffen length of tool.
Crudely fashioned tin tool has wear and imperfections at blades and back corners. Abrasions and corrosion scattered overall. Peeling paint or corrosion.
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.
On reverse is attached note, "To make sure that the old portrait of Julie Shultz and her father, who has her by the hand shall go into permanent possession of Lancaster County Historical Society
Miss Ella B. Hart who lived with her niece Mary Agnes Schultz when she died at 9 or 11 Shippen Street in 1911 gave it to me with that understanding (gave in the fall of 1935)
Julie was sister of Alexander Shultz who was a tinsmith in Strasburg. He built the house now owned by Robert E. Groh on site of birthplace of Thomas Burroughs.
Mary Brackbill Eshleman (1769-1848) wife of Jacob Eshelman. She was the daughter of Benedict Brechbühl II and Anna Marie Kendig and upon marriage Mary lived at 38 S Belmont Road, Paradise PA. Her paternal grandparents were Ulrich Brechbühl (1703-1739), a well loved minister of Strasburg Mennonite Church and wife, Feronica (Herr) Brechbühl (1700-1780), a granddaughter of Hans Herr.
Provenance
Donated by Benjamin Franklin Eshelman born 1909 New Orleans--great-great grandson of Hans Herr.
Name written in cursive in ink on back of canvas is smeared: "(first two names illegible) Lipp." Appears to be Henry Gottlieb Lipp (1825-1920). He would have been
On sticker: for Lanc. Hist Society Lola D. Violet Lipp (or probably daughter Ida V. Lipp, b. 1856 d. 1930)
Stenciled on back canvas: "A. Armstrong / Artist" and written in ink below is "1850."
Oil on canvas portrait of man facing slight right with face toward front. dark ear length heair, heavy eyebrows, sluish grey eyes. Black coat and waistcoat, black neckwear with bowtie ans hite shirt with upturned collar. Gold watch chain attached to waistcoat butto hole. hands o lap, left hand holds book. Seated in wooden chair with red upholstery. Blue drapery upper left corner. Sunrise or sunset over a river at right side. No frame.
Provenance
Owned by Lola D. Violet Lipp (or probably daughter Ida V. Lipp, b. 1856 d. 1930)
(eta, 08/08/2017, VAP) Dark with heavy grime, puncture with paint loss as well as two heavy dents with paint loss at upper left wear and paint loss concentrated along side edges. Loose canvas. No frame.
Object ID
1930.007.1
Notes
Henry G. Lipp (10 Jan 1825 - 20 Aug 1920) was born in Wurttemburg, Germany and came to America at age 13. He died in Lancaster. He was a tinsmith in Lancaster City for 55 yrs.
He was one of the original stockholders in the Hamilton Watch Company and covered half the roof over the first factory. He was married to Margaret E. Dietrich. His obit. (in file) notes two daughters survived him: Ida V. Lipp, at home, and Mrs. J.D. Shields (Alice) of Harrisburg.
Portrait of Daniel Tyler Willson (1826-1874). Married in 1848 to Anna Esther Bell Bowman. Willson was the principal owner of D. T. Willson, Bros. & Co., iron founders and manufacturers of agricultural machinery in Harrisburg, PA. Willson was the great grandfather of the donor. Painted and signed by J. Augustus Beck.
Painting: Oil on canvas, Poor/Fair, 3 tears center right background (1", 2", 3") 1" canvas puncture, waistline of dress, minor ding background left of head, 2 punctures lower center, surface grime.
Samuel Welchens, D.D.S., 1822-1880. very large oil on cnavas portrait of standing man facing slightly right. Brown hair parted on subject's left, long sideburns, brown eyes and flight cleft chin. Black coat and wiastcoat, white shirt with upturned collar, black bowtie on wide black neckwear. Gold stud on shirt.Right hand holds dental instrument in front of waist. Left hand rests on chair arm. At right is large column in front of very dark blue drapery with fringe and tassel. At lower right is upholstered reddish arm chair with gold fringed skirt and wooden arms. Background behind head is blue sky. Frame: heavy 6.5in wide dark wood frme has curving profile decorated with bold floral and foliate composition. Gold inner border. Bird's eye grain painted. Brass plaque reads "Samuel Welchens, D.D.S./1822-1880/By Arthur Armstrong." Back of stretcher has "1850."
Painting: Oil on canvas, Fair/Good, 4" tear middle center, crackling throughout, ding right center, right bottom, lower center, paint loss around sight line, mildew damage throughout, surface dirt, yellowing varnish.
Frame: 5" painted wood with 1.5" gold/painted liner on outer frame with corner ornamentation. Fair condition, cracking across mitres at corner ornaments, paint loss throughout.
Portrait of James Buchanan, painted by William McMaster. The artist painted this as a copy of his July 1856 Buchanan portrait after the General Election in November 1856. This portrait was commissioned by the Empire Club, which was a powerful political organization in New York during the mid-19th century. Captain Isaiah Rynders was the founder of the Club; his "sluggers" committed voter intimidation and election fraud on behalf of Tammany Hall throughout the 1840s and 1850s. The Empire Club purportedly paid McMaster $1,000 (equal to $28,571 today) to paint a copy of McMaster's July 1856 Buchanan portrait. This copy was hung in the Capitol Rotunda when Buchanan took office; however, at some point during his term, as his popularity began to sink, it was removed. Mounted in a Rococo Revival gilt wood and gesso frame with ornamental projecting corners featuring ornate scrolling foliage patterns with centre repose engraved with sculptural shells & acanthus leaves and fleur-de-lis patterns.
