name:"Brown, John" found 5 records - Research Collections

Description: Oval picture in rectangular frame with velvet backing. Buchanan facing almost front, dark suite, white tie. Back of frame 'Daguerreotype presented to President Buchanan by J. Henry Brown-1851'

Provenance: James Buchanan; To - J. Henry Brown; To - J. Howard Brown (son to J. Henry Brown); To - Donnell Marshall; To - James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Date Range: 1851

Creator: Brown, John Henry

Last Owner: Buchanan, James

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 18

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Buchanan, James; Brown, J. Henry

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Object Name: Daguerreotype

Material: Glass/Velvet

Height (cm): 12.065

Height (ft): 0.3958333333

Height (in): 4.75

Width (cm): 9.2075

Width (ft): 0.3020833333

Width (in): 3.625

Dimension Details: Frame measurements:; Height - 7.062"; Width - 6.062"; Depth - 0.437

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2023-07-26

Object ID: W.1937.001.001

Role: Artist

Accession Number: W.1937.001

Images

Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Jacob Albright (1791-1856)

Object ID: 1963.001

1 image

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Jacob Albright (1791-1856)

Description: On back:; On tag: Port of man Jacob Albright; J. Henry Brown artist; On sticker: Lanc Portraiture Committee Jacob Albright Artist J. Henry Brown; owner: Mrs. E. A. Witson 37 W. Vine St.; Reg. #148 cat#2; Signed on back: H. B. pinxit Lan: 1840; Albright was elected Mayor of Lancaster in 1855 on the Know-Nothing Party.

Provenance: Sold by Robert Carlen, Art Dealer in Philadelphia; Mrs. E. A. Witson, previous owner

Year Range From: 1836

Year Range To: 1844

Creator: Brown, John Henry

Painted By: J. Henry Brown

Collector: Sold by Robert Carlen, Art Dealer in Philadelphia

Last Owner: Witson, Mrs. E. A.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 40

Storage Shelf: Shelf 4

Subcategory: Art

Subject of Painting: Jacob Albright

Object Name: Painting

Oither Names: Portrait

Material: Paint, Canvas, Wood

Medium: Painting, Oil

Height (in): 30.25

Width (in): 24.25

Depth (in): 3.5

Condition: Fair

Condition Notes: Painting condition: Fair, minor paint loss on nose, lower center, paint splatter in center; Painting repair: remove varnish, humidify, restretch, revarnish; Frame condition: Poor, painted gold, 2 missing corner ornaments; Frame repair: replace ornaments, reglue corners, touchup

Object ID: 1963.001

Notes: Frame measurements: Height 39; Width 34; Depth 3.5

Place of Origin: Lancaster

Signed Name: JH Brown

Signature Location: reverse

Accession Number: 1963.001

Other Number: Painting #098

Images

Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection

Title: Sarah Young Hubley

Object ID: 2006.035.1

Date Range: 1842

1 image

Collection: Fine Arts Collection

Title: Sarah Young Hubley

Description: Miniature painting on ivory, Sarah Young Hubley, painted by John Henry Brown, circa 1845. In gold oval frame

Date Range: 1842

Year Range From: 1840

Year Range To: 1845

Creator: Brown, John Henry

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: North Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 04

Storage Drawer: Drawer 15

People: Hubley, Sarah Young; Brown, John Henry

Subcategory: Art

Object Name: Painting

Material: Ivory

Medium: Painting, Oil

Height (in): 3.44

Width (in): 2.25

Condition: Good

Object ID: 2006.035.1

Notes: small spot of paint loss on background and dress, some black may have been retouched

Accession Number: 2006.035

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Painting

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Mary Skiles

Object ID: 2004.051

Date Range: circa 1840

1 image

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: Mary Skiles

Description: Portrait of Mary Skiles by John Henry Brown, c. 1840

Date Range: circa 1840

Year Range From: 1837

Year Range To: 1843

Creator: Brown, John Henry

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 40

People: Skiles, Mary; Brown, John Henry

Subcategory: Art

Object Name: Painting

Length (cm): 88.265

Length (ft): 2.8958333333

Length (in): 34.75

Width (cm): 76.2

Width (ft): 2.5

Width (in): 30

Object ID: 2004.051

Accession Number: 2004.051

Images

Painting, Miniature

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Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: William Frazer

Object ID: 1930.026.1

Date Range: 1844

2 images

Collection: Fine Arts Collection: Paintings

Title: William Frazer

Description: Miniature Portrait of William Frazer, son of Judge Frazer in large gold frame. William was a lieutenant in the 3rd Artillery in the US Army in Seminole war. died in Lancaster in 1844. The original of this protrait was painted in 1842 by John Henry Brown and exhibited in 1912. This is a copy of that painting, painted by the same artist in 1844.; Another Miniature of William Clark Frazer was donated in 1976 by Virginia Moore Burk Dwight. See object files for 1976.999

Date Range: 1844

Year Range From: 1844

Year Range To: 1844

Creator: Brown, John Henry, 1818-1891

Storage Location: LCHS / Willson Memorial Building

Storage Room: Guild Vault

Storage Wall: South Wall

Storage Cabinet: Unit 01

Storage Drawer: Drawer 11

People: Frazer, William; Frazer, William Clark

Subcategory: Need to Classify

Object Name: Painting, Miniature

Height (in): 6.75

Width (in): 6.725

Object ID: 1930.026.1

Role: Artist

Accession Number: 1930.026