Drawing

Name/Title

Drawing

Entry/Object ID

GHS 421

Description

Portrait of man identified as Naaman Keyser. 3/4 length pose, brown hair brushed forward at the sides. Navy coat, white vest, and shirt with turned up collar. Dark collar band. Greenish grey ground. Dark molded frame. Written in pencil on reverse, "Leriton" or "Leviton", "paste" (?) "M. Freas" "Langer Doerffer" (Doerpper?)

Artwork Details

Medium

pastel on paper

Made/Created

Date made

1835

Place

* Untyped Place

USA, possibly Germantown

Notes

Creation Date: 1835

Dimensions

Height

29-1/2 in

Width

25-1/2 in

Depth

3/8 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Family Files- Keyser GHS Family Archives- Env. 4, Box 1; Env. 6, Box 1 GHS Manuscript Index, V.I Obit Index Photo files- Box 24 Env 2 Germantown Crier Sum 1984 36(3):60; Spr 1983 35(2):38 Number of refernces to family name: General Card Catalog- 67 Archives Card Catalogue-28 Germantown Crier Index-42 Beehive Index-21 Obit Index-21 Burial Records-11

Provenance

Notes

GHS True Accession Book, "#421, "Picture of Naaman Keyser. Loaned by Dr. Keyser. Donor card states that this was given by Harry C. Roberts. 1993 catalogue worksheet states that the label on the back of the drawing reads, "Presented by N. H. Keyser". Label not found-1996.