Portrait oval:15.5 inches long & 12.5 inches across
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2022-03-28
Condition Notes
Some small sections of background have fallen away. Gesso frame cracked in two places. Minor damage to sections on wooden frame in front. Backed with acidic corrugated cardboard.
Charcoal drawing of a Union Civil War soldier in uniform (shirt, pants and hat) holding his sword in his right hand with blade flat across his torso pointing up against his left shoulder. A strap on his right shoulder crosses his body to below his waist on the left holding the scabbard. His left arm is akimbo. "U.S." is on his belt buckle.
The drawing is matted in pale pink and is in an ornate gold-painted gesso frame.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 5
Storage Cabinet
Unit 43
Storage Shelf
Bin 2-G
Object Name
Drawing
Length (cm)
48.895
Length (ft)
1.6041666667
Length (in)
19.25
Width (cm)
33.655
Width (ft)
1.1041666667
Width (in)
13.25
Dimension Details
Framed: 23" x 29"
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2022-03-31
Condition Notes
Small spots in background and near base of drawing.
A number of gold-painted gesso pieces have broken away revealing the wood underneath.
"Lancaster" is heading for a keystone with a young woman in a low-waisted yellow dress holding a wide-brimmed hat in her left hand. She is standing in front of a large red rose. "LEHammond" is printed beneath a stem with leaves below the young woman. "Pennsylvania" is printed at the top of the keystone and "The Garden Spot of America" is printed beneath the drawing, inside the keystone. 4 5-petaled figures outside the keystone: upper left, tall buildings; upper right, shocks of grain; lower right, church spires; lower left: airplane. In large black letters at the bottom: "A Healthful Place to Live." Printed at lower right: "Lucretia E. Hammond/ 541 North Mary Street/ Lancaster, Pa./ Sophomore/ S.H.S." Beside this, in pencil, is "1929."
Bust portrait of Henry Clay in oval frame of stonework and oak leaves. Below drawing: "H. Clay / [next line of script illegible] / Published by Wm B. Lane No 51 Po 3rd St Philadelphia / Entered According to act of Congress in the Eastern District of Penna. April 2nd 1814 by W. B. Lane Printed by N. Quiu
3/4 profile bust charcoal portrait of man with handlebar mustache, double breasted coat. Back (in pencil): "My father - Zachariah T. Hayes" (1849-1901).
NOTE: Zachariah's son was Paul G. Hayes (1890-1988), F&M graduate, Methodist minister and missionary who has an extensive archive at the Yale School of Divinity.
Heavy with liquid stains along top left edge, across top and from upper right corner, stain angle toward lower left across man's face, neck to his right shoulder. Cut, top center, with some pieces of paper broken off along top edge.
Alexander Hood Esq., / Born July 22nd, 1806, Died May 24,1875. / Editor and Proprietor of the Lancaster / Union 1839-42. Collector of / Internal Revenue
(Grand Uncle of Mrs. D.B. Landis) / Alexander H. Hood / Read law with T. Stevens / and / made 17 campaign speeches / for / Abraham Lincoln / in Lancaster County."
Framed matted pastel portrait of Henry Kauffman ready to be hung. Frame has black enamel on edges and on quarter inch of top. Curved (inward) wood grained half inch and one sixteenth inch gold inner edge. One and one quarter inch beveled edge mat. Sticker: "Custom framed at: The Framery, Etc."
Drawing of head a shoulders, frontal view; graphite on paper of a Native American, wearing a shell necklace; single feathers in hair, right side of face and head.
In cursive writing in blue ink on back: "From Walter W Griel/ To his/ Grandmother".