Longacre family papers

Longacre, Augusta M.

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Neagle, John, 1796-1865

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John B. Neagle was a portrait painter. From the description of Notebooks, 1825-1850. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616046 John Neagle was a portrait painter who lived and worked in Philadelphia in the mid nineteenth century. While serving as an apprentice to Thomas Wilson, a "coach and ornamental painter," he began to consider painting as a career for himself. He studied under Thomas Sully, and in 1818 ventured to Lexington, Kentucky, with ...

Longacre, Lydia Eastwick (American painter, 1870-1951)

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Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869

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Artist and engraver. From the description of Diary of James Barton Longacre, 1825-1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015152 ...

Longacre family.

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Artists; Philadelphia and New York. James Barton Longacre was an engraver and portrait painter. Chief engraver at the U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, from 1844-1869. His engravings and portraits illustrate several books including THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS, and BIOGRAPHY OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. His son, Andrew Longacre was an engraver, watercolorist, and Methodist minister. His daughter, Lydia Longacre was a miniature pai...

Bolton, Theodore, 1889-

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Theodore Bolton (1889-1973) was an art historian, artist, scholar, and Librarian of the Century Association. His research specialties were book illustration and portrait miniatures. From the description of Theodore Bolton Card Files, 1922-1925. (Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection). WorldCat record id: 605926735 Author and illustrator. From the description of American book illustrators : typescript, 1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010074 ...

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872

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Artist Thomas Sully was born in London, although his actor parents soon emigrated to the United States. A trip back to England to study painting expanded his horizons, and upon his return to the United States he developed a reputation as a first rate painter. He specialized in portraits, especially portraits of women, and painted full-length portraits of many public and private figures. He is perhaps most closely associated with his portrait of Queen Victoria and for his painting, Washington cro...

Longacre, Andrew, 1831-1906

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Herring, James, 1794-1867

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Portrait painter, New York City and elsewhere. From the description of Autobiography of James Herring, 1863. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58757444 Artist. From the description of Letter of James Herring, 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450882 Portrait painter and engraver; New York City. Born in London, moved to U.S. in 1805. Worked as teacher, distiller, librarian, gallery operator and painter. Died in Paris. ...

Durand, A. B. (Asher Brown), 1796-1886

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Painter; Albany, N.Y. From the description of Asher Brown Durand papers, 1812-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291554 Springfield Township, NJ 1796-1886 Maplewood, NJ. From the description of Portrait of Edward Sturges (1837-1901) and Amelia Sturges (1835-1862) as Children [painting]. [18--] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906567 Painter; Albany, N.Y. Trustee of the National Academy of Design. From the description of Letters to Asher...