Letters, 1853-1898.

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Letters, 1853-1898.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503791

This collection contains 21 letters written by artist Arthur Tait. Most of the correspondence is with Boston lithographer, Louis Prang, who published many of Tait's paintings. Many of the letters describe the various stages of his paintings and his search for subjects, particularly animals. Other letters note that Currier & Ives reproduced one of Tait's paintings without permission. Tait also became involved in a published argument with Arthur Clarence Cook and Louis Prang over the placement of the artist's name in relation to the name of the lithographic artist and the publisher's name on a lithograph.

1 folder [21 items] ; 26 cm.

Winterthur Library

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Winterthur Library

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Currier & Ives

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Prang, Louis, 1824-1909.

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Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905

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Arthur F. Tait was an American painter of sporting scenes and animals. He was born in England in 1819 and studied art as a boy in Manchester. He came to the United States in 1850, settling in New York City. Tait spent many of his summers at his camp in the Adirondack mountains. A number of his paintings were made into lithographs by Louis Prang and Currier & Ives. Tait died at his home in Yonkers, NY in 1905. From the description of Letters, 1853-1898. (Winterthur Library). World...