Jacob Eichholtz
Mrs. Henry Maynadier
1801-1811
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, Framed: 11 7/8 × 10 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (30.2 × 26 × 5.4 cm.)
Sight: 7 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (18.4 × 14 cm.)
Credit Line
Friends of the American Wing Fund
Object Number
1978.78.2
Trained initially as a tinsmith, Jacob Eichholtz put several brief visits with portraitists Thomas Sully and Gilbert Stuart to good use. Eichholtz became known for a series of small profile portraits such as this one and its pendant. Elizabeth Key Maynadier (1759 – 1832) was the daughter of Francis Key. Her nephew was Francis Scott Key, author of America’s national anthem. The picture retains its original frame.
Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1978; Alex Cooper Auctioneers, Inc., Baltimore, MD, Dec. 11, 1978, Sale no. 121178, Lot. no 674; Estate of Henry Maynadier Murray (1832-1904), Annapolis, MD likely by descent; William C. (1810-1872) and Elizabeth Maynadier Taney Stevenson (1810-1873)(m. 1841), Stoddard County, MO likely by descent, 1864; Roger Brooke (1777-1864) and Ann Phoebe Charlton Key Taney (1783-1855)(m. 1806), Frederick, MD by gift c. 1807; Colonel Henry Maynadier (1759-1849), Annapolis, MD by commission c. 1807
Maryland HIstorical Society, "A Gardener's Tale: The Eighteenth Century World of Annapolis Silversmith Wiliam Faris", March 25, 2005 - November 26, 2005.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 57-58, ill. p. 57.
Inscribed: Verso, in black script: "Mrs. E. Maynadier / for Mrs. A. Taney / 21" (twice); Verso, etched at extreme upper right "A1747A"
On View at the BMA
