Accessioned twice. See also 95.120. Full bust length photograph of Harriet Lane facing right. Her hair is coiled and pinned back. She is wearing a dark jacket over a white blouse with a white collar (lace?). Broach at her neck and long earrings. Gold mat
Framed print of two images: 1. Bust of James Buchanan with 'James Buchanan' written underneath. 2. Photograph of Wheatland with 'Wheatland-Home of James Buchanan' printed underneath. Tan colored border with a wooden frame and a glass cover.
Oval, cut photo glued on paper with two bands - concentric, one thicker than the other, around photo. Photo shows four children - three girls sitting in a row, one boy standing to their left, 3/4 front, facing girls. Each girl is holding a different doll.
Photo of Schlauch siblings taken by their father. Written on wood backing the photo: "Ed Schlauch (with drum)/ Alice O. Schlauch (Zell)/ "Lill" Schlauch (Hoover)/ Ida Schlauch (Haag-Steel)/ Taken by their father." Unknown in which direction the girls are named. One can assume the names in parentheses are later married names of the females.
White mat around photo is tan with age, lines of dust in corners and around edges of frame that is open in back. One piece of wood partially covers the back with exposed space on both lengthwise edges.
Wood frame with dark glossy finish and gold painted edge next to glass. Wood exposed on all corners, many scratches throughout.
Sepia-tinted photo of Harriet Lane. Oval. Harriet facing 3/4 front, to her right. Hair rolled under with flowers. Decolletage dress with flowers at center and at shoulders. Light-colored dress, no jewelry. Shown from hips up. Frame: rounded front, plain,
Photographic print / painting of Prince of Wales visit to Mount Vernon. Large, black and white print showing entrance to Washington's tomb to the left with the Prince of Wales and James Buchanan at entrance. Wide array of men and women across picture, mo
Photographic print- key to Prince of Wales' visit to Mount Vernon print. Small copy of Acc. # 89.80, with numbered key to personages present at visit to George Washington's tomb. Names are arranged in four columns. Excellent condition.
Copy of a photo-mechanical image of Major General John Fulton Reynolds in his Civil War Uniform. Right hand touching belt at center, his left hand holds the hilt of a weapon and the visor of his cap. Artist Max Rosenthal has signed both the original as well as the print. His signature on the print is dated 1897. This print has a "No. 3" printed in the center at the bottom. A small drawing of the Gettysburg statue of Reynolds on his horse is below the print on the lower left.
"Copywrited and Published by H.T Coates and Company, Jan. 1898."
Dimensions above are for the print that is pasted/glued onto a heavy brittle cardboard, 17.125" x 12.625".
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-09-11
Condition Notes
Two breaks on left edge and top right corner broken from brittle backer cardboard. Heavy foxing on lower portion of poster visible in clear margin. More foxing, less visible, on print.
Photograph of 9 young men with ties -- possibly early 20th century. image appears to be on the front of the glass; black paint on back of glass fills in blank spots on the negative.
Rectangular negative framed in oval copper frame. Strips of paper between edges of glass and copper are bent back from the front.
Washington's Triumphal Entry into New York, Nov. 25th. 1783.
Description
Chromolithograph entitled "WASHINGTON'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO NEW YORK, NOV. 25TH. 1783." Large brilliantly colored print depicts George Washington and other military officers riding on horseback along street toward viewer's right. Spectators line the street, and others observe from balconies and windows. Creator signed at lower left "C. Inger, lith." Mounted with glazing in modern 2-tone gold frame with spattered black paint.
At bottom is above title; smaller print along lower border of print is "Published by William Smith, 702 South Third Street." and "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860 by Geo. T. Perry in the Clerk's Office of the District Courth of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania" and at right "Printed in Oil Colors by P.S. Duval & Son, Philadelphia."
Colored political print or broadside by Nathaniel Currier of New York, depicting James Buchanan and his running mate John C. Breckenridge beneath an eagle and the word "Union." Created for the election of 1855-56. Framed in a natural reddish-brown softwood frame & block corners with cream-colored window mat. Window mat reveal is 12 1/4" high by 8 5/8" wide.
President and Vice-President are depicted in 1/4-length portraits within ovals surrounded with acanthus leaves with their names below them. At top and sides is stage drapery. Above portraits is the American eagle with wings outstretched over U.S. flags and the motto "ONE COUNTRY__ONE CONSTITUTION___ONE DESTINY" above and "UNION" below. Below portraits is a female figure posing with helmet, shield and spear, below which is curling ribbon emblazoned with the words: "THE DEMOCRATS CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FROM 1857 TO 1861."
Title at bottom reads: "GRAND NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC BANNER/ PRESS ONWARD." Above this in small print is: "Entered according to act of Congress in the (year) 1856 by N Currier, in the Clerk's Office in the Distr. Court of the Southern Distr. of N.Y." Partially hidden by the window mat is "LITHOGRAPH BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU ST. N.Y."
Note: James Merritt Ives was not promoted to partner with Currier until 1857.
Provenance
Acquired from the estate sale of Anne Bausman Woodcock; descended in her family until offered for sale at Conestoga.
Generally good conditon with surface losses (silverfish?) at top right, top center, around Buchanan's face and bottom center through wording. Pressure sensitive tape two inches long visible at bottom left edge. Frame has been refinished and abraded. Recent reframing.
Object ID
P.01.58.1
Place of Origin
New York, New York
Credit
Gifted in memory of Doris Herr by her friends, Heritage Center Collection
