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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Object ID: MG0184

Date Range: 1738-1955

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Collection: George Steinman Papers

Title: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 and 2

Description: The George Steinman Papers, Series 1 contains an album, compiled by George Steinman, with many photographs of buildings, tombstones, monuments and scenes of Lancaster city and county. Ephemera and newspaper articles are among the photographs. Represented in the album are Postlethwaite's Tavern, hotels and taverns, fire houses, the Conestoga massacre, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, Stehli Silk Mill, and schools. The four boxes contain orginal correspondence, documents, photographs and ephemera or and pertaining to the same subject matter as the album.; The George Steinman Papers, Series 2 is a collection of original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera primarily compiled by George Steinman. The contents of Series 2 represent Lancaster city and county events, prominent citizens, buildings, monuments, churches, cemeteries, schools, and businesses. Most of what Steinman collected relates to 18th and 19th century Pennsylvania, highlighting Lancaster and Philadelphia. One of the key events highlighted is the Revolutionary war; with documents and images related to Philadelphia, George Washington, the Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Riot and to various buildings in early Lancaster; including but not limited to the Old Jail, the British Prison, and Postlethwaite's Tavern. Also included in the collection is currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1764, and Confederate States currency and bonds.

System of Arrangement: This collection is divided into two series:; Series 1 The Steinman Album; Series 2 Documents, Photographs, Ephemera

Date Range: 1738-1955

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1955

Date of Accumulation: ca. 1860-1920

Creator: Steinman, George Michael, 1847-1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Altee, John; André, John; Appel, T. Roberts; Armstrong, Elizabeth; Atlee, Samuel John; Atlee, Washington Lemuel; Atlee, William Augustus; Atlee, William Pitt; Baer, John; Baily, Francis; Bair, Daniel; Baker, James G.; Baldwin, Edith L.; Barr, Elias; Barton, Thomas; Bausman, Elizabeth; Bausman, William; Bear, Henry; Beck, Herbert Huebener; Beck, Martin; Beecher, William C.; Beissel, Conrad; Beissel, John Conrad; Bender, Henry; Bethel, Samuel; Bezellon, Martha Coombe; Bezellon, Peter; Boehm, Henry; Boyle, Philip; Breneman, Benjamin Franklin; Breneman, Gideon; Breneman, Franklin Henry; Broll, John; Brown, J. H.; Bryan, George; Buchanan, James; Buchmiller, Dulon Frank; Burkhart, Anna Margarita; Burkhart, George; Burrowes, Francis Smith; Burrowes, Thomas Henry; Burt, Nathaniel; Calder, George, Jr.; Cameron, James; Carpenter, John; Carpenter, William; Cheves, Langdon; Clay, Henry; Clemson, James; Coleman, Elizabeth; Coleman, Robert; Coleman, William; Cope, Caleb; Cope, Thomas P.; Cox, John; Crawford, James; Crowel, Mary R.; Damant, James; Davis, Benjamin Franklin; Dering, Henry; Detwiler, Thomas Craig; Diffenbaugh, Henry; Diffenderfer, Milton Hess; Diffenderffer, Frank Reid; Diller, Graybill; Donnley, Felix; Downing, Samuel; Dufresne, Samuel; Duvel, P. S.; Eberly, Michael; Edge, Walter Warren; Eichholtz, Jacob; Ellicott, Andrew; Elliot, Robert; Ellmaker, Nathaniel; Eshleman, Frank; Fahnestock, Samuel; Ferree, Philip; Fordney, Melchoir; Forney, J. A.; Fox, Cyrus; Frailey, Jacob; Franklin, George F.; Franklin, Walter; Fraser, Susan; Frazer, Reah; Fulton, Robert; Funck, John; Funk, John; Galbreath, John; Geist, M. W.; Germon, W. L.; Gill, William; Gingrich, Amos; Graff, Andreas; Grant, Hamilton; Graybill, Jacob; Groff, John M.; Groff, Sebastian; Grosh, John; Grove, Annie C.; Grubb, Daisy; Grubb, Peter; Hager, Walter C.; Haldeman, Samuel Steman; Hall, Charles; Hamilton, Andrew; Hamilton, James; Hammond, Frederick W.; Hamond, E. R.; Hand, Edward; Hand, John; Hand, Mollie; Harpel, Charlotte; Hayes, Alexander Laws; Hazen, Moses; Heinitsh, August; Heintzelman, Samuel Peter; Heister, Joseph; Henderson, Barton; Henderson, Thomas G.; Henry, John Joseph; Hensel, George Washington, Jr.; Hensel, William Uhler; Herr, Christian; Herr, Hans; Herr, Rudy; Hews, George H.; Hoffnagle, Peter; Hood, Alexander H.; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Hughes, Edward; Hutter, Christian; Jacobs, Cyrus; Jenkins, David; Jenkins, William; Kevinski, John B.; King, George H.; Kirkpatrick, William; Konigmacher, Joseph; Kroome, Hiram; Krug, George; Kuhn, Simon; Kuhn, Simon Adam; Landis, David Bachman; Landis, David H.; Landis, Harry; Landis, Jacob; Light, John B.; Lightner, Michael; Lincoln, Abraham; Lippold, John W.; Loeb, Jacob; Long, Henry Grimler; Long, Isaac; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Ludlow, Robert Fulton; Magee, David Francis; Marshall, Christopher; Marshall, John; Martin, C. H.; Mason, S.; Mathiot, John; Matlack, Timothy; Mayer, Christian B.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; McClain, Francis Bernard; McClellan, George Brinton; McCormick, D. R.; McFarquahr, Colin; McGrann, Bernard John; Melsheimmer, Frederick Valentine; Metzger, Samuel H.; Mifflin, Thomas; Miller, Dave "Devil"; Miller, John; Miller, Susanna; Mishler, Benjamin; Montgomery, John R.; Montgomery, William; Morton, William Augustus; Mulhatten, Barney; Musser, Yost; Myers, Albert; Mylin, Martin; Neff, John; Nevin, John D.; North, Hugh McAlister; Old, James; Parks, Jake; Pastor, John; Peiper, William L.; Penn, William; Pitt, William; Porter, Andrew; Porter, George B.; Pyle, Howard; Ramsey, David; Raub, Galen John Peoples; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel C.; Reilly, Mary Gertrude Costigan; Reinmansnyder, Helen; Reynolds, George Nelson; Reynolds, John Fulton; Reynolds, William; Rogers, Milton C.; Rose, Frederick; Ross, George; Ross, Patton; Sauber, Charles Alvin; Sener, Samuel Miller; Seyfert, Augustus G.; Shober, Emanuel; Shreiner, Philip; Slaymaker, Henry; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, L.; Slaymaker, William; Sloane, S.; Slough, Elizabeth; Smith, Charles; Snavely, Harry H.; Stahr, John Summers; Stambauch, Samuel; Stauffer, David McNeely; Stedman, Alexander; Steinman, George Michael; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stiegel, Henry William; Strong Wolf, Chief; Summy, Levi; Sutter, John Augustus; Tener, John C.; Thornburg, Robert; Todd, Charles; Tomlinson, George; Urban, John; Vogan, John; Washington, George; Webb, James; West, Benjamin; Wharton, Thomas; Whiteside, John; Wiley, William; Williamson, Henry Stackhouse; Willson, George Bolivar; Willson, John; Winover, Peter; Wise, Charles; Wise, John; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, David; Witmer, Esther Elizabeth; Worner, William Frederic; Wright, James; Wright, John; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Zahm, Godfried; Zahm, Mathias; Zahm, Samuel H.; Zantzinger, Paul; Zehmer, Anthony; Zinzendorf, Nicholaus

Subjects: Ephemera; Photographs; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Abbeville (Historic estate); Abbeville Mill; Advent Lutheran Church; Albright's Transportation Depot; All Saints Episcopal Church; American Hose Company; Balloons; Bangor Episcopal Church; Berks County Historical Society; Binkley's Bridge; Bird-In-Hand Friends Meetinghouse; Boehm's Chapel; Buch Tavern; Buchanan Park; Caledonia Furnace; Carpenter's Union Church; Cat Tavern; Cemeteries; Central Cigar Store; Chalices; Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church; Christ Lutheran Church; Christian Herr House; Christiana Resistance; Churches; Clare Point Stock Farm; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; Columbia Friends Meetinghouse; Conestoga Furnace; Conestoga Glue Factory; Conestoga Navigation Company; Conestoga wagon; Cosgrove's Tavern; County House; Courthouses; Covered bridges; Disasters; Donegal Presbyterian Church; Downing's Mill; Eagle Hotel; Eden Iron Works; Edge Tool Forge; Elizabeth Furnace; Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata Cloister; Ephrata Mountain Springs Hotel; Exchange Hotel; Feagleyville; Federal Hall; Finding aids; Fire departments; Fires; First National Store; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; First Reformed Church, Lancaster; Fites Eddy Hotel; Fountain Inn; Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College; Franklin House; Fulton Cotton Mill; General Sutter Inn; Golden Swan Hotel; Grace Lutheran Church; Graeff's Landing; Grape Tavern; Gravestones; Graveyards; Green Cottage; Grubb Mansion; Halfway House; Hans Herr House; Hardwicke; Harmony Hall; Heinitsh Drug Store; Historical markers; Hope Episcopal Church; Hopewell Forge; Hotels; Humane Fire Company; Humes Woolen Mill; Hutter's Folly; Indian Queen Tavern; Indigenous peoples; J. B. Distillery; Keener's Mill; Kepler Lodge; Krug House; Lafayette Hill; Lamb Tavern; Lamparter's Row; Lancaster Academy; Lancaster County Courthouse; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster County National Bank; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Curling Club; Lancaster Fencibles; Lancaster Moravian Church; Landisville Mennonite Meetinghouse; Leacock Presbyterian Church; Linden Hall; Lititz Moravian Church; Manuscript groups; Marietta and Susquehanna Trading Company; Markets; Martic Forge, Martic Twp.; Martin Meylin's Gunshop; Masonic halls; Masonic lodges; Massasoit Hall; Mechanics Library; Mellinger Mennonite Church; Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church; Millersville Academy; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Mills; Mischler's Exchange; Mishler's Beer Garden; Montgomery House; Monuments; Moss Cigar Factory; Mount Bethel Mansion; Mount Hope Furnace; Native Americans; Odd Fellows Hall; Old City Hall; Old Welsh Graveyard; Paper mills; Parish houses; Paxton Boys; Penn Square; Pennsbury Manor; Pennsylvania Railroad; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Petroglyphs; Photographs; Plough Tavern; Poole Forge; Postlethwaite's Tavern; Powder houses; Practical Farmer Hotel; Ranck's Mill; Reigart's Landing; Reigart's Old Wine Store; Relay Hotel; Revolutionary War; Rock Ford; Ruth's Fine Groceries; Sadsbury Friends Meetinghouse; Safe Harbor Rolling Mill; Schools; Scrapbooks; Shiffler Fire Company; Ship Tavern; Shippen School; Sign of the Bull Tavern; Sign of the Hat Tavern; Sorrel Horse Hotel; St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church; St. James Episcopal Church; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Mary's Catholic Church; St. Michael's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Catholic Church; Stamps; Stehli Silk Mill; Stock certificates; Strasburg Academy; Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery; Strasburg Methodist Episcopal Church; Sunflower Inn; Swamp Church; Swan Hotel; Tavern signs; Taverns; Ten Hour House; Three Crowns Tavern; Trinity Lutheran Church; Union Bethel Church; Union Fire Company; Union Hotel; Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vermont Historical Society; Voganville Hotel; Wabank House; Washington Hotel; Washington Memorial Chapel; Waterloo Tavern; Waterworks; Watt and Shand; Weaverland Mennonite Church; Wheatland; White Horse Hotel; White Swan Hotel; William Pitt Tavern; Windsor Forge; Witmer's Bridge; Witness Tree; Woodward Hill Cemetery; F. W. Woolworth Co.; York Furnace; Young Men's Christian Association; Zion Lutheran Church

Extent: 1 scrapbook, 4 boxes, 112 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; "Mr. Geo. Steinman who started this collection of pictures. This book was presented to the Lanc. Co. Historical Society after his death by Mr. Geo. S. Franklin."; John M. Gibson is recorded as the donor, 1968, in LancasterHistory's accession records.; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-184

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Series 1 processed and finding aid prepared PK and MSH, 2008. Series 2 finding aid prepared by JE, 2018. Added to database 20 July 2021.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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Painting

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Collection: History Collection: Person, Jacob Eichholtz

Title: Lord Byron

Object ID: 1933.012

Date Range: 1830 circa

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Collection: History Collection: Person, Jacob Eichholtz

Title: Lord Byron

Description: Oil sketch of man's head, "Lord Byron" said to have hung in the studio of Jacob Eichholtz, is a copy of a Byron portrait painted by Sully This copy is reportedly an early example of Jacob Eichholtz.; "From Sully's Byron our Lancaster artist made several copies..." ( 'Jacob Eichholtz/ 1776-1848,' by Rebecca J. Beal:1969, p.30)

Date Range: 1830 circa

Creator: Eichholtz, Jacob

Painted By: Jacob Eichholtz

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Cabinet: Cabinet 2

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

Storage Container: Box 0538

People: Eichholtz, Jacob

Subcategory: Art

Subject of Painting: Lord Byron

Object Name: Painting

Height (in): 22

Width (in): 19.75

Object ID: 1933.012

Accession Number: 1933.012

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Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Robert Lindsay

Object ID: 1972.009.8

Date Range: 1831

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Robert Lindsay

Description: O/C portrait of Robert Lindsay; framed with oval opening; Beal #475; p. 140; p. 343 ill.

Date Range: 1831

Year Range From: 1831

Year Range To: 1831

Creator: Eichholtz, Jacob

Painted By: Jacob Eichholtz

Subcategory: Art

Subject of Painting: Robert Lindsay

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Medium: Painting, Oil

Height (in): 27

Length (in): 2.75

Width (in): 20

Object ID: 1972.009.8

Notes: Frame:; Height: 32.00; Width: 25.00; Depth: 2.75

Place of Origin: Lancaster

Accession Number: 1972.009

Other Number: Painting #176

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Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Henry Clay, Lavallyn Barry, and Robert Lindsay Eichholtz

Object ID: 2002.063.2

Date Range: 1835-1845

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Henry Clay, Lavallyn Barry, and Robert Lindsay Eichholtz

Description: Handwritten label attached to top of stretcher:; Three sons of Jacob Eichholtz, artist; Left to right Born; Henry Clay Eichholtz - Aug. 28th, 1830; Lavallyn Barry " - Sept. 13th, 1835; Robert Lindsay " - April 1st, 1833; Handwritten label attached to bottom of stretcher:; Varnished Mar. 27-1924 with; "Webers Picture Mastic Varnish"

Date Range: 1835-1845

Year Range From: 1835

Year Range To: 1845

Creator: Eichholtz, Jacob

Painted By: Eichholtz

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Art Rack

Storage Cabinet: North Side

Storage Shelf: Rack 5

Storage Drawer: Front

Subcategory: Art

Subject of Painting: Henry Clay, Lavallyn Barry, and Robert Lindsay Eichholtz

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Medium: Painting, Oil

Height (in): 15.375

Width (in): 22.688

Dimension Details: Frame measurements: Height = 20 inches; Width = 27.75"; Depth = 2.375"

Condition Notes: Painting:; Painting conservation needs:; Frame:; Frame conservation needs:

Object ID: 2002.063.2

Notes: Note from previous exhibit:; Oil on Canvas; ca. 1838; Portrait of three sons of Jacob Eichholtz, Henry Clay Eichholtz, Lavallyn Barry Eichholtz, and Robert Lindsay Eichholtz.; Jacob Eichholtz and his second wife, Catherine Trissler Eichholtz, named their three youngest children after prominent Kentucky senator and former secretary of state Henry Clay; Baltimore banker Lavallyn Barry; and beloved son-in-law and Philadelphia bookseller Robert Lindsay.; The father of 13 children, Eichholtz portrayed his three youngest with an immediacy and grace that rivals his finest work. Captured just four years prior to the artist's death, these angelic faces are rendered through the eyes of a father's's love and affection. - Thomas Ryan, President and CEO of LancasterHistory.org

Accession Number: 2002.063

Other Number: Painting #173

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Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Two Girls (Elizabeth Eichholtz Lindsay and Cecelia Ellis Lindsay)

Object ID: 1972.009.7

Date Range: circa 1842

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Two Girls (Elizabeth Eichholtz Lindsay and Cecelia Ellis Lindsay)

Description: Painting of Two Girls (Elizabeth Eichholtz Lindsay and Cecelia Ellis Lindsay) by Jacob Eichholtz; Illegible word in pencil along bottom of edge of stretcher. Lindsay?; Mentioned in Journal v.16, pp. 35

Date Range: circa 1842

Creator: Eichholtz, Jacob

Painted By: Attr. to J. Eichholtz

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 40

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

People: Eichholtz, Jacob; Lindsay, Elizabeth Eichholtz; Lindsay, Cecelia Ellis

Subcategory: Art

Subject of Painting: Two Girls (Elizabeth Eichholtz Lindsay and Cecelia Ellis Lindsay)

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Medium: Painting, Oil

Condition Notes: Painting:; Painting conservation needs:; Frame:; Frame conservation needs:

Object ID: 1972.009.7

Notes: Frame measurements: Height 29-3/4; Width 33-3/4; Depth 1-7/8

Role: Artist

Accession Number: 1972.009

Other Number: Painting #175

Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Eichholtz

Object ID: 2010.002.2

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Eichholtz

Description: Oil painting of person walking on road toward river where 3 sailboats are visible. Red and yellow leafed trees with hill on opposite side of river visible in background. Painting on piece of highly acidic wood. On reverse "EICHOLT PAINTING FROM PONTZ ESTATE." Frame is three eighths inches with gilded top/front surface and one eighth inch curved bevel.

Year Range From: 1815

Year Range To: 1840

Creator: Eichholtz, Jacob

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 42

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Storage Drawer: Bin 2-D

People: Eichholtz, Jacob

Subcategory: Art

Object Name: Painting

Height (in): 0.75

Length (in): 6.875

Width (in): 9.625

Dimension Details: Dimensions include frame.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2015-08-18

Condition Notes: Top right corner has three-quarter inch dent with some blue paint missing. Miters are tight on all four corners.

Object ID: 2010.002.2

Accession Number: 2010.002

Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Eichholtz

Object ID: 2010.002.1

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Eichholtz

Description: Oil painting of fall colored trees on land jutting our into river. Two small white sails on water. backed on a piece of highly acidic wood. Frame is three eighths inches, gilded top/front surface with one eighth in curved bevel.

Year Range From: 1815

Year Range To: 1840

Creator: Eichholtz, Jacob

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 42

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Storage Drawer: Bin 2-D

People: Eichholtz, Jacob

Subcategory: Art

Object Name: Painting

Height (in): 0.75

Length (in): 6.875

Width (in): 9.625

Dimension Details: Dimension includes frame.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2015-08-18

Condition Notes: Painting itself is dirty. Gaps in lower left miter.

Object ID: 2010.002.1

Accession Number: 2010.002

Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Mrs. Jacob Eichholtz / Catherine Trissler

Object ID: 2016.008

Date Range: c. 1830

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Mrs. Jacob Eichholtz / Catherine Trissler

Description: Eichholtz oil on canvas portrait of Catherine Trissler Eichholtz (Mrs. Jacob Eichholtz 1791-1867). Middle-aged woman faces left, wearing a dark brown dress with wide white "collar" draped over shoulders. Has a wide lace edging. Draped over right shoulder, coveriing entire dress sleeve, is a white scarf with ornately floral-embroidered edge. Wearing a large, fancy cap of gold ribbons and lace. Tie strings are ribbon. Right hand covers left hand. Dark background shows no details. Lighter 4-inch wide section runs vertically from mid-point to top of left side. Small parts of a chair peek out at left side.; Inscriptions: Various numbers on frame sides and top. Taped to lower back of foam board back cover is an encapsulated old, faded printed card with #36 followed by "MR. BLOCH(?) / MRS. CHAS. ----- / BRYN MAWR PA / MRS. JACOB (EICHHOLTZ) / CATHERINE T(RISSLER)." Stamped at top center of frame back & stretcher is "The Warwick Galleries / NW Corner 17tth & Locust Sts. / Philadelphia Pa". Handwritten in pencil along top left of stretcher is "Property of Mrs. Chas. Walker, Mermont Plaza, Bryn Mawr".

Date Range: c. 1830

Year Range From: 1825

Year Range To: 1835

Creator: Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Art Rack

Storage Cabinet: North Side

Storage Shelf: Rack 2

Storage Drawer: Front

People: Eichholtz, Catherine Trissler; Eichholtz, Jacob

Subcategory: Art

Frame: Early 20th c. frame, painted bronze. Has bold profile with wide cove and projecting bead at outside edges.

Object Name: Painting

Material: Paint, Canvas, Wood

Medium: Painting, Oil

Height (in): 30.25

Width (in): 25.125

Dimension Details: Canvas dimensions; Frame size: H: 35.5 inches x W: 30.5 inches

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2016-10-11

Condition Notes: Relined canvas has patched areas and many inpainted areas, including lips and both sides of hair. Large section along left side from center to top has been repainted.; Frame is good with several paint chips on bead section at both sides, right center and top left. Back of painting is covered with foam board.

Object ID: 2016.008

Place of Origin: Lancaster

Role: Artist

Accession Number: 2016.008

Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Young Woman of Leman Family

Object ID: 1923.005.1

Date Range: after 1815

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Young Woman of Leman Family

Description: Oil on wood panel. Profile painting, half length, of a young woman facing left front, hands not showing; medium light reddish hair, center part with comb at top of head. Curls in front of ears, grey eyes; high-waisted white gown with double lace ruffle collar around neck, pink rose at collar opening, gold double chain necklace, red shawl around shoulders covering arms; gold colored chair back right, greenish-grey background. (Beal); Inscriptions: Ink script at top of frame back is "Elizabeth Cecilia Leman / Born 1814 died 1834." This is repeated in script at board back. At top left in script is "Adelia Leman / 1880."; Recent paper label by previous owner William Shand, at frame bottom is: "Young Woman of Leman Family / Possibly Elizabeth Cecilia Leman / (1814-1834), by Jacob Eichholtz / #459 in 'Jacob Eichholtz' by / Rebecca J. Beal / See Ellis & Evans 'History of / Lancaster County', p. 523 / W.S." Smaller paper sticker alongside reads "Young Woman / of the / Leman Family / by Eichholtz".; The number G.80.130.2 is painted at top right of wood panel. This was a Heritage Center number, due to an ownership dispute. See File.

Provenance: Beal writes on page 136, "Collections: Miss Adelia Leman, Lancaster; Mr. and Mrs. William Shand, Lancaster."

Date Range: after 1815

Year Range From: 1815

Year Range To: 1820

Creator: Eichholtz, Jacob

Painted By: Jacob Eichholtz

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 42

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Storage Drawer: Bin 2-B

People: Eichholtz, Jacob

Subcategory: Art

Subject of Painting: Young Woman of the Leman family

Frame: Gold; wide cove with line of beads within

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Material: Paint, Canvas, Wood

Medium: Painting, Oil

Height (in): 9.25

Width (in): 7

Depth (in): 0.375

Dimension Details: Frame size is H: 11.626 inches x W: 9.375 inches.

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2016-10-11

Condition Notes: Painting is mounted in reproduction gold frame, held in place with four mending plates at sides. Remnant of old paper dust cover on back along frame. Conserved in 2002.

Object ID: 1923.005.1

Accession Number: 1923.005

Other Number: Ptg. # 020

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