An oil on canvas portrait of Dr. Alexander Speer (1790-1854) by artist, Antoine Gibert. Dr. Speer was a first cousin to James Buchanan on his mother's side of the family. Dr. Speer is turned facing one-quarter turn to his right and is wearing a black suit coat and vest with a white shirt, turned down collar and a black cravat. The portrait is framed in a French reverse cove gilded frame with a raised foliate motif
Photograph of Harriet Lane. Harriet Lane in studio photo facing 3/4 front to her right. Head turned front. Hands clasped at front, holding white handkerchief. Hair braided at sides, wrapped at back. Wearing silk gown, medium colored, with white collar. Mounted in an American 1850 scoop picture frame with a rustic tree branch motif.
Photograph on display in Wheatland is a digital reproduction. Original photgraph moved to archives for conservation purposes.
To be removed from frame and stored in archival safe folder.
Object ID
W.1989.082.001
Notes
Original photograph removed from frame on 27 July 2009 - placed in archival storage for conservation purposes. (East Attic, flat files). Photograph and frame both bear the number 89.82.
Leadership seminar on government held March 6 - 19, 1974 in Washington, DC, sponsored by Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation. Patricia Brook and Gail Jacqueline Van Zyl from Rhodesia presenting Declaration of Independence plate to the Honorable Walter Fauntroy, delegate to Washington, DC.
Red Hancock demonstrating sand molding at The American Folklife Festival, July 1969. This event was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and was held on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Red Hancock demonstrating sand molding at The American Folklife Festival, July 1969. This event was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and was held on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Red pouring molten metal into a mold with the Capitol Building in the background.
Group of men who were delegates to Washington, D.C., from the New York Shipbuilding company. Martin Horting, marked in the back row with an x, was from Lancaster. He worked as a blacksmith for the company during World War I and helped to build the U. S. S. Idaho, then the Navy's largest battleship. Photo was taken on the White House lawn and shows Horting with other delegates and government officials. A newspaper article about Horting and the event is taped to the back of the photograph.
Monument of James Buchanan at Washington, DC. File also contains card with information about Hans Schuler, sculpter, and a letter to the Washington Post from Sally Smith Cahalan, dated August 14, 1987, regarding acquiring a print of a photograph of the sculpture used in an article in their newspaper. Photocopy of newspaper article in question is attached to the letter.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
