Scene I. The landing and the Queen advancing to meet them. Scene II. Telemachus relating the story of his travels to Calypso, the faithful Mentor by his side. Scene III. Calypso gives a fete in his honor, and Cupid begins to play a part. Scene IV. Telemachus resolves to escape; Calypso’s maidens burn his boat, and he jumps from the cliffs.
In October, 1930, the paper was removed from the walls by Mr. James Wilson from the Metropolitan Museum in New York, for the purpose of treating the walls to insure the preservation of the paper, and was then put back.
1. Brass candlestick, presented by Mrs. Percy Warner. 2. Glass Celande or Hurricane shade.
The Front Parlor
1. Two carved chairs presented to Jackson by the Khedive of Egypt, when Jackson was President. 2. Portrait of General Jackson presented by Mrs. Thomas M. Stegor. 3. Portrait of Mrs. Jackson in ball dress. 5. Pair Dresden vases used in the White House while Jackson was President. 6. Bronze andirons, representing the Vestal Virgin. 7. Portrait of Andrew Jackson by Healy, the artist who was commissioned by Louis Philippe to paint the portrait, only two of which are in existence. The other one hangs in the Louvre, Paris, painted eight days before Jackson’s death. See Healy letter in Museum. 8. Opal vases presented by Andrew and Albert Marble Jackson. 9. Two liqueur bottles, presented by Lafayette to General Jackson. 10. One of a pair of brass lamps with crystal prisms used at the Hermitage by the Jackson family. Purchased from the heirs of Samuel Jackson Lawrence by the Ladies’ Hermitage Association. 11. Silver filigree basket. 12. Chair used in the White House during President Jackson’s administration. Presented by Miss Laura Friesbee of Washington, D. C. 13. Portrait of General Jackson by R. E. W. Earl, given by Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr.
Back Parlor
15. Sewing box inlaid with mother-of-pearl belonged to Mrs. Andrew Jackson; Mrs. Jackson presented it to Mrs. Emily Donelson; Mrs. Donelson gave it to Mrs. Wilcox (her daughter); Mrs. Wilcox gave it to Mrs. Andrew Price; through Mr. and Mrs. Richard Plater it was presented to the Ladies’ Hermitage Association. 16. Portrait of General Coffee. 17. Portrait of General Bronaugh. 18. Portrait of Colonel Gadsden. 19. Portrait of Lieutenant Eastland.
(These four constituted the Staff Officers generally called “General Jackson’s military family.”) 20. Clock, one of the oldest relics, in the Hermitage before the death of Mrs. Rachel Jackson. The hands are set at the hour Jackson died. 22. Jackson piano presented by Colonel Andrew Jackson, grandson of Andrew Jackson. 23. Music book belonging to Mrs. Emily Donelson, First Lady of the White House. Presented by Mrs. Bettie M. Donelson. 24. Two gilt wall brackets bought by Andrew Jackson, Jr. 25. Flower jar presented by Andrew Jackson, IV, and Albert Marble Jackson (on wall bracket). Duplicate in front parlor. 26. Mirror willed to the Association by Mrs. Alice Watkins Shields of Knoxville in 1934, originally at the Hermitage. 27. Nut bowls, and compote (on pier table). 28. Guitar of Mrs. Jackson, loaned by the Rev. Walton Lawrence Smith, a descendant. 29. Mahogany center table. The only piece remaining of the set presented to General and Mrs. Jackson when on a visit to New Orleans after the battle. The gold spectacles on the table were worn by Mrs. Jackson and the volume of Robert Burns’ poems is inscribed, “Rachel Jackson from her beloved husband, Andrew Jackson.” 30. Mahogany sofa bought by Mrs. Hoffstetter at the sale of the adopted son’s effects in 1866. Presented to the Association in 1897 by Miss Bettie Hoffstetter of Nashville. 31. Pair of silver lustre vases sent to General Jackson from the Czar of Russia.
General Jackson’s Bedroom
1. Portrait of his wife by Earl, over the mantel, upon which his dying gaze rested. 2. Portrait of the adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr., in childhood, by Earl. 3. Earl portrait of the granddaughter, Mrs. Rachel J. Lawrence (eldest child of the adopted son), the pet and companion of his declining years. 3A. French china teapot or veilleuse, with place for light at bottom, sometimes used as night light. This relic of General Jackson’s was sold by descendants to the McIver family. The Association purchased it in 1959 from Miss Effie McIver, in memory of Miss Felicia Grundy Porter. 4. Chinese Mandarin scent bottles. Belonged to Mrs. Jackson. 5. Shell jewel case, which was Mrs. Jackson’s. 6. Portrait of Jackson. 7. Shell vases on mantel, which belonged to Mrs. Jackson. 8. Steel engraving, the “Sixth Seal.” This is an illustration of The Revelation, Chapter 6:12, 17, engraved by G. H. Phillips from the original picture by F. Danby, A. R. A., in collection of Wm. Beckford, Esq. 9. Colored print, “Battle of the Thames.” 10. Colored print, “Battle of North Point.” 11. Tobacco box, used by the General. 12. His leather hatbox. 13. Rachel Jackson’s sewing box, made by an admirer who gathered the shells. 14. Picture of Judge John Overton, bearing his signature, Judge Overton was Jackson’s law partner and lifelong friend.