Catharine Baker was a native of Lancaster, Pa., and the wife of Frederick Eichelberger (1782-1869), a colonel in the militia during the War of 1812 and later a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1805-17). Her portrait, a gift to the Society from her great-grandnephew, and its companion were probably painted in Lancaster, where Eichholtz had his studio.

The subject of this portrait was the son of Leonard Eichelberger and Elizabeth (Smyser) Eichelberger of York County, Pa. He was a colonel in the militia during the War of 1812 and served six terms in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1805-17). His portrait, a gift to the Society from his great-grandnephew, and its companion were probably painted in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where Eichholtz had his studio. The sheaf of wheat held in the subject's hand suggests his farming interests.

The subject is shown wearing the uniform of a captain in the 13th Regiment of the New York Militia, also known as the National Greys and Brooklyn Cadets, headquartered in Brooklyn. He was first commissioned a lieutenant by Governor Hamilton Fish in 1850 and recommissioned a captain three years later by Governor Horatio Seymour. His portrait, a gift to the Society from his son, was one of group of five portraits exhibited by the artist at the National Academy of Design in 1859.

This is a scene from Washington Irving's A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1828).

This small portrait represents Rogers as a child of about four or five years, and was probably a study for a larger painting. It was formerly identified as John Rogers, Jr., the subject's father, but the artist did not leave Cincinnati to establish his studio in New York City until 1870, at which time John III would have been four years old; moreover, this portrait is very similar to the Society's plaster bust of the subject, which was modeled by his father in 1871.

This and its companion portrait of Mrs. Adriaan Bancker (1934.2) descended to a son, Abraham, then to the latter's sister, Anna Elizabeth, from whom they came into possession of the de Groot family and ultimately the donor.