Condition Report

Condition Report Work Sheet

Object #_______

Location: Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, Baltimore Bar Library

Date of examination: 08-04-2004

Title/Subject: Stevenson Archer (1786-1846) Artist: Unknown Date: c. 1840

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: Frame: 41 H x 35 ½ W in.

Signature/Date Yes X No, Location:

Marks/Labels X Yes No, Location: Bottom center

Description: Plaque reads Judge Stevenson Archer. ______________________________________________________________________________________

General Condition:

Painting: Poor Fair Good X Excellent______

Comments: The painting is in good condition and there are no major issues or conservation concerns.

Frame: Poor Fair X Good Excellent______

Comments: There is a glazing over the painting. There are chips, scratches, and various parts broken off the frame (Lower right decorative leaf, Bottom center, left side).

Conservation Priority: Low X Medium High _____

Comments:

Additional Comments:

Condition Report Work Sheet

Object #_______

Location: Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, Baltimore Bar Library

Date of examination: 08-04-2004

Title/Subject: Luther Martin, (1748-1826) Artist: Albert, Rosenthal (1863-1939) Date: 1905

Medium: Etching

Dimensions: Frame: 33 H x 26 1/2 W in

Signature/Date X Yes No, Location: Lower right

Marks/Labels X Yes No, Location: Center bottom

Description: Etching reads: Etched copyright and published by Albert Rosenthal, Phila. 1905, after miniature owned by Mrs. Garrett, Balt, MD; Edition 100 segment proofs.

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General Condition:

Etching: Poor Fair Good X Excellent ___/___

Comments: The etching is in good to excellent condition.

Frame: Poor Fair Good X Excellent_____

Comments: The frame is in good condition. There are a few nicks and scratches through out the frame.

Conservation Priority: Low X Medium High _____

Comments:

Additional Comments:

Condition Report Work Sheet

Object #_______

Location: Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, Baltimore Bar Library

Date of examination: 08-04-2004

Title/Subject: Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876) Artist: Unknown Date: Unknown

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: Frame: 37 ½ H x 31 ½ W in.

Signature/Date Yes X No, Location:

Marks/Labels X Yes No, Location: Bottom center

Description: Plaque reads Reverdy Johnson

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General Condition:

Painting: Poor Fair X Good / Excellent______

Comments: The painting is in good to fair condition.

Frame: Poor X Fair X Good Excellent______

Comments: There is a glazing over the painting. The frame is in fair – poor condition. There are major cracks in the frame and pieces of the decorative leaf are broken off.

Conservation Priority: Low X Medium / High _____

Comments: Consider reframing the piece.

Additional Comments:

Condition Report Work Sheet

Object #_______

Location: Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, Baltimore Bar Library

Date of examination: 08-04-2004

Title/Subject: Luther Martin, (1748-1826) Artist: Cephas Thompson (1775-1856) Date: C. 1804

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: Frame: 33 3/16 H x 28 W in.

Signature/Date Yes X No, Location:

Marks/Labels X Yes No, Location: Bottom center

Description: Plaque reads Luther Martin.

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General Condition:

Painting: Poor Fair X Good Excellent______

Comments: There is a medium scratch approximately 5 inches in length in the center torso of the subject.

Frame: Poor Fair X Good / Excellent______

Comments: There is discoloration, chips, and scratches throughout the frame.

Conservation Priority: Low X Medium High _____

Comments: There are no major issues or conservation concerns. The painting was recently restored in 1987.

Additional Comments:

Condition Report Work Sheet

Object #_______

Location: Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, Baltimore Bar Library

Date of examination: 08-04-2004

Title/Subject: Luther Martin, (1748-1826) Artist: Rembrant Peale (1778 - 1860) Date: 1815-1825

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: Frame: 33 3/16 H x 28 W in.

Signature/Date Yes X No, Location:

Marks/Labels X Yes No, Location:

Description: Plaque reads Luther Martin.

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General Condition:

Painting: Poor Fair X Good / Excellent______

Comments: The painting is in good-fair condition and there are no major issues or conservation concerns.

Frame: Poor Fair X Good / Excellent______

Comments: The frame is in good to fair condition. There is some discoloration in the paint and there is a piece broken off the lower left side of the frame. There are also some cracks in the decorative leaf.

Conservation Priority: Low X Medium High _____

Comments: The paining is placed on an exterior wall.

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Condition Report Work Sheet

Object #_______

Location: Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, Baltimore Bar Library

Date of examination: 08-04-2004

Title/Subject: Chief Justice Roger B. Taney (1777-1864) Artist: Miner Kilbourne Kellogg (1814 - 1889)

Date: 1849 Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: Frame: 75 1/2 x 62 1/2 in.

Signature/Date Yes X No, Location:

Marks/Labels X Yes No, Location:

Description: Plaque reads Chief Justice Taney

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General Condition:

Painting: Poor Fair X Good Excellent______

Comments: The painting is fair condition. There is visible canvas and a tear in the lower center of the subject’s torso. There is cracking throughout the painting which seems to be a little excessive.

Frame: Poor X Fair / Good Excellent______

Comments: The frame is in atheistically poor to fair condition. There are chips broken off, discoloration and cracks here and there throughout the frame. The lower decorative on the base of the frame is almost entirely broken off.

Conservation Priority: Low Medium X High _____

Comments: The cracks in the painting seem to be a little excessive. Consider having a conservator examine the piece.

Additional Comment

Condition Report Work Sheet

Object #_______

Location: Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, Baltimore Bar Library

Date of examination: 08-04-2004

Title/Subject: Chief Justice John Marshall (1755-1835) Artist: Henry Cooper (1907-) Date: 1990

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: Frame: 75 H x 60 W in. Canvas:

Signature/Date X Yes No, Location: Lower right

Marks/Labels Yes X No, Location:

Description:

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General Condition:

Painting: Poor Fair Good X Excellent___/___

Comments: The painting is in good-excellent condition.

Frame: Poor Fair Good X Excellent___/___

Comments: The frame is in good-excellent condition.

Conservation Priority: Low X Medium High _____

Comments: There are no major issues or conservation concerns.

Additional Comments:

Condition Report Work Sheet

Object #_______

Location: Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, Baltimore Bar Library

Date of examination: 08-03-2004

Title/Subject: Arthur W. Machler, Sr. (1827-1915) Artist: Thomas C. Corner (1865-1938) Date: 1908

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: Frame: 51 H x 45 W in.

Signature/Date X Yes No, Location: Lower right

Marks/Labels X Yes No, Location: Bottom center

Description: Plaque reads Arthur W. Machler, Sr. Director 1856-1862, President 1866-1915, Library Company of the Baltimore Bar.

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General Condition:

Painting: Poor Fair X Good Excellent______

Comments: There are cracks in the painting and a large scratch in the right corner of the canvas near the signature of the artist.

Frame: Poor Fair X Good Excellent______

Comments: There are cracks throughout the decorative leaf.

Conservation Priority: Low X Medium / High _____

Comments: Consider consulting a conservator about the cracking and scratches.

Additional Comments:

Condition Report Work Sheet

Object #_______

Location: Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, Baltimore Bar Library

Date of examination: 08-04-2004

Title/Subject: William Gwinn, (1775-1854) Artist: H. G. McCann Date: Unknown

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 41 H x 36 W in.

Signature/Date Yes No, Location:

Marks/Labels Yes No, Location:

Description: Plaque reads Wm. Gwinn

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General Condition:

Painting: Poor X Fair / Good Excellent______

Comments: The painting is fair to poor condition. There is exposed canvas and a tear in lower left of the canvas. There is a cracking and bulking on the canvas.

Frame: Poor Fair X Good / Excellent______

Comments: The upper left decorative leaf is broken off. There are a few chips and cracks through out the frame.

Conservation Priority: Low Medium X High ____

Comments: The damage to the painting is more than likely a result of poor environmental conditions (relative humidity, temperature).

Additional Comments:

Condition Report Work Sheet

Object #_______

Location: Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, Baltimore Bar Library

Date of examination: 08-04-2004

Title/Subject: Charles Alfred Welch (1816-1908) Artist: Sarah Gooll Putnam (1851-1912) Date: 1903

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: Frame: 54 ½ H x 47 W in.

Signature/Date X Yes No, Location: Upper left

Marks/Labels X Yes No, Location: Bottom center

Description: Plaque reads Charles Alfred Welch. 1903

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General Condition:

Painting: Poor Fair X Good Excellent______

Comments: The painting is fair condition. The pigments in the painting are extremely faded.