Portrait of white male (George Hammersley). Sitter has brown hair parted on side and sideburns. Brown eyes. Hair swept forward on one side. Dark coat and neckband, white shirt with ruffle. Gold pin. Background is a partly cloudy sky with a clearing around the sitter's head. Plain moulded gilt frame. On back of frame, J.F. Francis, Feb. 1838" GHS frame label on the front states painter as Brown.
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on canvas, wood and gilt frame
Made/Created
Artist
Francis, J.F., or J.H. Brown
Place
* Untyped Place
USA, probably Philadelphia
Notes
Author: Francis, J.F., or J.H. Brown
Dimensions
Height
3-3/4 in
Width
29-1/2 in
Depth
2-1/2 in
Relationships
Related Publications
Publication
Germantown Telegraph Genealogical Notes 1830-1867 p. 43
Marriage and Death Notices in Germantown Newspapers 1867-1890 p. 79, p. 32
Abstracts of News and Advertisements in the Germantown Telegraph 1830-1868
Germantown Chronicle 1869-1872, p. 88 p. 115
Wharton:
Card Catalogue - 11 entries
Beehive index
Photo card catalogue
Jane Campbell Scrapbooks
Newspaper Items Relation to Germantown, 1721-1807
J.F. Francis in Fielding, Mantle. Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers, 1974 edition, p. 126
Provenance
Notes
See GHS True Accession Book #1545, "Portrait of a gentleman, "George Wharton Hammersley" Germantown 1838.
GHS 1544 is a portrait of Mrs. Hammersley.
Donated in 1957 by Margaritta McClure, 400 W. 118th Street, New York, NY.
