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.
Oil Painting on paper of General John Steele. Gen. Steele is seated with his right arm on the arm of a chair, left hand on his right wrist. He's attired in a black coat high with high back collar. A high white collar around his neck has a bow tied in the front with a ruffled front.
Framed miniature portrait of James Buchanan. In deep molded walnut frame. Buchanan in dark suit with white shirt, high collar. Image measures 2 1/2" in width by 3" in length. Overall dimension of frame is 6 1/2" in width and 7 1/8" in length. Hand written note on back reads: "On Ivory / Miniature of / James Buchanan / Ex President of the / United States / presented to / Maj. Chas. M. Howell / a friend and great / admirer of Buchanan's / artist unknown."
Label appears to be a replacement; fragment of orignal label matches paper and handwriting of objects 001 and 002; fragment placed in object file.
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Note: Label appears to be a replacement; fragment of orignal label matches paper and handwriting of objects 001 and 002; fragment placed in object file.
