Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
GHS 1254Description
Plain, dark brown wooden frame with gilt inset, oval shaped White oval mat with gold trim, Hand painted, oval shaped photograph (?) of a young man seated with hands on knees wearing brown jacket and paints, brown striped waistscoat, white shirt, blue bow-tie. Picture shows interior of room- white colomn, purple drapery, tan and red tablecoth, green wall and book, brown hat.Dimensions
Height
12-3/4 inWidth
11-1/2 inDepth
1-5/8 inProvenance
Notes
See GHS True Accession Book, "Portrait of Corporal Samuel Keyser, son of Reuben and Eliza Van Dyke Keyser. Born in Germantown, October 11, 1839. Killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. Buried Haines Street, M.E. Churchyard, Removed to Ivy Hill Cemetary, April 16, 1897. Presented by George S. Agnew, 862 North 19th Street, Phila, 10-21-1942."