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Bust

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3d673e86-3313-4629-b371-408165469335

Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1960.006.001

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of two white marble busts (chest up) of James Buchanan. Letter larger than life. Slight smile, hair behind ears with bald patch at back of head.

Provenance: James Buchanan; To - James Buchanan Henry; To - Frank Anderson Henry; To - James Buchanan Foundation

Year Range From: 1857

Year Range To: 1861

Creator: Dexter, Henry

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: South Broad Hall

Storage Wall: Southeast Wall

Storage Cabinet: Wall Niche

People: Buchanan, James; Dexter, Henry; Henry, Frank Anderson; Henry, James Buchanan

Subcategory: Art

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Bust

Material: marble

Medium: Bust

Height (in): 24.25

Dimension Details: base: 10.875 x 10.875 x 11.875x 12.875

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2003-01-04

Condition Notes: 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.

Place of Origin: Boston, Massachusetts

Role: Sculptor

Accession Number: W.1960.006

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Plate, Food

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/486aa863-4063-480c-849f-452400898756

Collection: Wheatland

Title: Parisian Pink Dinner Plate

Object ID: 2014.019.006

Collection: Wheatland

Title: Parisian Pink Dinner Plate

Description: A medium size serving plate with color transfer-printed edge. Wide pink band and scene in center featuring "Shakespeare's House". May be part of the Parisian Pink china purchased by James Buchanan while serving as the U.S. Secretary of State from the French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt.

Provenance: Note: Most likely part of:; French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt; to James Buchanan; to James Buchanan Henry

Year Range From: 1814

Year Range To: 1825

Made By: Shaffordshire Pottery (Pratt)

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Dining Room

Storage Wall: Southwest Wall

Storage Cabinet: Built-in Cupboard

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

People: Buchanan, James; Henry, James Buchanan

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Inscription Position: Bottom

Inscription Technique: Pen and Ink

Inscription Text: Feuillet Paris rue de la Paix

Inscription Type: Signature

Object Name: Plate, Food

Material: Porcelain

Makers Mark: Mark applied over glaze, therefore some of the ojects no longer have the designer's signature

Length (cm): 40.64

Length (ft): 1.3333333333

Length (in): 16

Width (cm): 28.575

Width (ft): 0.9375

Width (in): 11.25

Depth (cm): 4.445

Depth (ft): 0.1458333333

Depth (in): 1.75

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2022-01-13

Object ID: 2014.019.006

Notes: Although documentation has not yet been found, it is believed that these pieces of the Parisian Pink set were donated by a Henry Family descendant.

Place of Origin: England

Accession Number: 2014.019