Profile of man in a high collar uniform, believed to be Napoleon Bonaparte, cast in chalkware as a framed representation under glass. Rectangular frame has conforming recessed area with cast profile in relief. Old glazing on frame covers image. Chalkware frame is painted dark green with a wire hanging ring imbedded at top center. Profile has black-painted, forward-swept hair with sideburns and pink-rouged cheek. Uniform is of red and black with high red collar and gold epaulette. Created as a memento and sold likely via peddler.
Inscriptions on back in pencil are faint. It appears to be "John M. Snavely/ picked April the 19/ A.D. 1863/ John S(nave)ly." Research reveals a John M. Snavely born 12/17/1843 and died 9/22/1883. 1880 census records him living at home with his farmer parents, Michael and Fannie, and working as a laborer. Obit notes funeral held at Denlinger's Mennonite Meeting House.
Interior profile appears in good condition due to glazing. Outside frame suffers the most with extensive paint loss and significant wear to frame corners. Strong soil on back and other unpainted area.
Object ID
G.04.23.16
Place of Origin
Eastern US
Credit
Gift of Sarah Muench, Heritage Center Collection, LancasterHistory.org
Left earlobe has broken off. Base is chipped. Various smudge marks all over.
Object ID
W.1960.006.001
Notes
James Buchanan Henry inherited this bust when his Uncle James Buchanan died; his cousin, Harriet Lane Johnston inherited the matching bust, which she later donated to the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
James Buchanan Henry bequeathed this bust to his son, Frank Anderson Henry, who donated it to the James Buchanan Foundation in 1960.
Carte de visite of Thomas Welsh in full uniform, standing by a fluted column; left hand on the column and right hand tucked inside uniform. On reverse: "Specialite, Hoag & Quick's, Art Palace, No. 100, 4th St., opp Post Office, Cincinnati, Ohio." [1863]. 2 copies, one trimmed at the bottom.
Provenance
Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.
MG0632, Folder 10. Jacob Weitzel's patent for stills with the signature of President Andrew Jackson, January 30, 1834. Much of the ink on the document has faded; the seal is intact. Also signed by U.S. Secretary of State Louis McLane and Attorney General B.F. Butler. Registered in the U.S. Patent Office, June 5, 1837.
Weitzel was a coppersmith in Lancaster.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Richard A. Sauers, In Memory of Rosine Bucher
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".
Painting of young, uniformed Civil War "soldier", posing in front of a cannon & American flag and leaning on a fluted pedestal with urn. Painting done a paper 5 3/8" x 6 1/2" piece of paper paste-mounted onto a larger piece of paperboard within a double-line border. Below image is a hand-painted cartouche with "Regimental Bugler, A.F. Shenck, / 9th Penna. Vet. Calvary, / Aged 14 years". Outside of border at bottom left is painted "PRESENTED TO A.F. SHENCK ESQ., / BY REDMOND CONYNGHAM.
Note: Redmond Conyngham (1863-1929) was a Lancaster attorney as was Shenck (8-16-1846 to 4-1-1921). This presentation piece appears to have been a gift and tribute to Shenck, honoring his Civil War service, suggesting a friendship between the two colleagues.
Provenance
Note on card accompanying drawing/painting is: "D.A.R. gift / 1880s". This date seems doubtful since it suggests Shenck giving this presentation piece away while still a young man in his 30's or early 40's.
Ink drawing of "an arch erected by the patriotic citizens of W. King S. Lanc. in honor of the arrival of General G. M. Lafayette who visited this town July 27th 1825." G. B. xxxx
Pencil drawing of South East corner of Church and Lime St, - Home of Charles Waitz and Bloomingdale Milk Depot pictured. Bottom right signed: B. Hackett 1880
reverse- unfinished pencil sketch of street w/building details and labels.
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.