Painted portrait miniature of Jasper Yeates. Miniature features bust of Yeates with his head turned slightly to viewer's left. Yeates has white hair that falls to the bottom of his ears with short bangs or fringe across the forehead. His skin and eyes are paled. He wears a dark blue coat with a very dark, almost black, waitscoat with red lining or turnbacks. His shirt collar shows at the neck, and ruffles of his cravat how at the neck and through the buttons of his waistcoat. Dark background indludes grey and red.
Portrait is behind domed galss, in an oval frame. Frame is wide with convex curve, painted black. Frame features a thin gold band on the inside -- closest to the portrait.
Watercolor of looking glass in the Yeates Mansion, done by David McNeely Stauffer, 1879. This probably is the looking glass purchased by Jasper Yeates in 1774.
Provenance
Watercolor in the collection of the Heritage Center Museum, Lancaster.
Photograph- Drawing of the residence of the Honorable Jasper Yeates at the corner of Mifflin and South Queen Streets. Drawing by David McNeely Stauffer.
Photograph- Drawing of the residence of the Honorable Jasper Yeates at the corner of Mifflin and South Queen Streets. Drawing by David McNeely Stauffer.
Description
Drawing of the residence of the Honorable Jasper Yeates at the corner of Mifflin and South Queen Streets. Drawing by David McNeely Stauffer.
