Jervis McEntee papers

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Jervis McEntee papers

1796

The papers of Hudson River School painter Jervis McEntee measure 1.6 linear feet and date from 1796 and 1850 to 1905. Letters from close friends and family members to McEntee include many from his mentor Frederic Edwin Church, and fellow artists Samuel Putnam Avery, George Henry Boughton, Sanford Gifford, Richard Henry, Eastman Johnson, Elizabeth B. Stoddard, John Ferguson Weir, Worthington Whittredge, and others. Papers relating to the McEntee family include obituaries, a family genealogy, and letters from and regarding family members. There are also papers relating to the Vaux family (McEntee's brother-in-law's family) and American architect and landscape artist Calvert Vaux, who designed a studio for McEntee. Of special significance are five volumes of diaries dating from 1872 through 1890 which provide a detailed depiction of the American art world in the 1870s and 1880s.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630622

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Youmans, Kate

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Weir, John F. (John Ferguson), 1841-1926

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Thompson, Launt, 1833-1894

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Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell), 1814-1880

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Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Boardman, Andrew

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Derrenbacher, John

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Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910

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Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872

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Landscape painter; b. Cheshire, Conn. From the description of John Frederick Kensett papers, 1806-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78162865 John Frederick Kensett (22 March 1811 - 14 December 1872), was a noted artist of the Hudson River School of Landscape Painting. His career from 1828 to 1840, was as an engraver, having worked in several engraving firms at various times in New York, New Haven, CT, and Albany, NY. By 1840, Kensett's disenchantment with the engraving pr...

Meeks, Louisa B.

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