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1815-1860
Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894
[Pencil sketch. Green Room in the White House]
colors of room noted in margin. Apparently a study for a Presidential print or painting; possibly JBB's Lincoln painting
GLC02673.06
17 August 1874
[Pencil and ink wash. Glen Onoko]
GLC02673.07
1874/08
[Pencil and ink wash. Eagle Cliff]
GLC02673.08
18 August 1874
[Pencil and ink wash. Catawissa Railroad]
Railroad bridge in mountainous terrain
GLC02673.09
[Pencil and ink wash. Twin Bridge. Catawissa Railroad]
signed
GLC02673.10
26 August 1874
[Pencil and ink. Lake View Hotel]
The hotel building and carriages are cut and pasted from a comtemporary print; JBB has supplied the background. Signed
GLC02673.11
[Water color. Hotel on Seneca Lake]
Water color on tissue-backed paper.
GLC02673.12
[Pencil and ink. Seneca Lake]
GLC02673.13
28 August 1874
[Pencil and ink. Pavilion Hotel]
GLC02673.14
[Pencil and ink. Pavilion Hotel in the distance]
note on verso: "Do not charge Mr. Bacthelder [sic] my Hotel Bill. J.W.G."
GLC02673.15
16 August 1875
[Pencil and ink wash. Mauchunk Pennsylvania from Booth Mountain]
GLC02673.16
1876
[Autograph notes concerning a model, possibly seen at the Centennial Fair, 1876, and probably intended to guide a model he was making.]
Plan of the movements and battles of the Spanish Forces against the Moors in Moroco [sic] during 1859-60.... JBB's large panoramic Gettysburg prints are copyright 1877.
GLC02673.17
[notes on terra cotta fountain of two children]
One of the most charming designs in the Exhibition is the fountain of Terra Cotta representing two children standing under a spread umbrella above which the jet of water plays.... Autograph note, probably ca. 1876 and accompanied by #19, upon which...
GLC02673.18
[ink and water color. Terra cotta fountain of children]
On verso is pasted-down newsclipping: "Old Abe" at the Centennial. Describing the famous war eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin, clipped from the Philadelphia Times.
GLC02673.19
19 August 1893
[watercolor. Marsh Creek]
Hoffman's Dam. Shows a fisherman
GLC02673.20
[pencil. Man on foot bridge]
Dr. P. D. Keiser. Showing man on foot bridge. Another figure facing this one has been erased.
GLC02673.21
[brown and blue wash on textured paper. Panorama of mountain and forest scene]
GLC02673.22
[watercolor. Two horizons with house]
GLC02673.23
[pencil. unfinished sketch for waterfall]
GLC02673.24
[pencil and watercolor in blue. House on tree lined street]
A striking image, done entirely in different shades of blue. The house cannot be identified from any other material --including photographs of the Bachelder home-- in the collection.
GLC02673.25
[pencil and watercolor. Cemetery cross]
cross with measurements
GLC02673.26
[pencil. horse rider watching covered wagon]
unfinished sketch in oval. Frontier flavor
GLC02673.27
[watercolor. Horses and riders outside a rough house with mountains in the background]
Hall & Spaulding. Frontier flavor
GLC02673.28
[watercolor. panoramic view of #28 showing American flag and outbuildings]
Hall & Spaulding. note on verso. Frontier flavor
GLC02673.29
[pencil and brown watercolor. Waterfall with fir tree and visitors]
with unfinished pencil sketch of a woman in bed on verso
GLC02673.30
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