Name/Title
Photograph of John Nice (1767-1851)Entry/Object ID
GHS 1059.10Description
Brown wood frame, oval shaped. Photograph with pen and ink. Waist length portrait of man identified as John Nice. SItter is wearing a wide brim hat, jacket, vest with buttons, cravat and shirt with up-turned winged collar. Print is sepia colored. Print on mat board reads as follows, "D. Hinkle. 4741 Main Street, Gtn."
Label with object reads as follows, "John Nice (1767-1851). Son of John and Margaret Nice of Bristol Township. He was probably a 4th generation descendent of Jan De Neusz who emigrated in 1684. The Nicetown section of Philadelphia was named for this family, John Nice owned a farm in Bristol Township until 1823, then moved to York Road at Milestown. He and his wife, Sarah Harper, had 15 children."Dimensions
Height
13-3/8 inWidth
11 inDepth
1 inMaterial
wood, paper, glassProvenance
Notes
See GHS True Accession Book, "Received November 13, 1931. Picture in oval frame of John Nice. Born November 8, 1767. Presented by Mrs. R.F. Reaves, No. 42 Harvey Street, Gtn.