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Oil on canvas portrait of Joseph Worrell
Description:
Oil on canvas, portrait of Joseph Worrell (c. 1769-1840) and attributed to artist Jacob Eichholtz (1776-1842). Worrell was a house carpenter, or builder, who was elected President of the Carpenters' Company, Philadelphia in 1821. This portrait was…
Date:
1821 (probably circa)
Item type:
portrait
Oil on canvas portrait of Matthew McGlathery
Description:
Half length, portrait of Matthew McGlathery (elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1770, died 1800) facing right, black hat and coat, white shirt with ruffle, with background containing a sweeping red curtain and view of building under construction.…
Date:
c. 1795
Item type:
portrait
Oil on canvas portrait of Mrs. Zachariah Howell
Description:
One of a pair of portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Zachariah Howell, by Robert Street, Philadelphia, 1834. Both half length, seated, painted to face one another. Elizabeth is depicted with a lace cap and fichu with orange-colored stone pendant fastening.…
Author:
Robert Street
Date:
1834
Item type:
portrait
Oil on canvas portrait of Peyton Randolph
Description:
portrait of Peyton Randolph; Half length, facing front, powdered wig, dark red coat and waistcoat, white stock. Possibly a copy by Charles William Peale after his own life portrait of the subject of 1774. (Note: Charles Coleman Sellers, the leading…
Date:
late 18th C.
Item type:
portrait
Oil on canvas portrait of Zachariah Howell
Description:
One of a pair of portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Zachariah Howell, by Robert Street, Philadelphia, 1834. Both half length, seated, painted to face one another. Mr. Howell holds architectural drawings in his hands. See CCCCP-044.
Date:
1834
Item type:
portrait
Oil Portrait of Charles E. Peterson
Description:
Oil Portrait of Charles E. Peterson (1906-2004), Member and Historian Emeritus of the Carpenters' Company, in gilt frame. Painted by Emilie R. Bregy. Half length, facing front, sitting in the library holding a copy of "Building Early America."
Date:
1994
Item type:
Portrait