Portrait Drawings of Selected Amherst College Alumni, Faculty and Administration ca. 1930

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Portrait Drawings of Selected Amherst College Alumni, Faculty and Administration ca. 1930

19 framed portraits of Amherst College alumni, faculty and staff, by the Italian-born portraitist.

2 archives boxes; (1 linear ft.)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6321447

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Cartotto, Ercole

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Ercole Cartotto (1889-1946), Italian-born portraitist, is noted chiefly for his portraits of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s. Cartotto studied art at the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. From the guide to the Portrait Drawings of Selected Amherst College Alumni, Faculty and Administration, ca. 1930, (Amherst College Archives and Special Collections) ...