Selected papers from the Christian Gobrecht Collection

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Selected papers from the Christian Gobrecht Collection

1794-1902

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c2f101ac-006b-439e-a544-c53a73c483fa

Included are papers relating to a controversy over the invention of a machine for medal ruling; a 5 p. biographical sketch of Gobrecht and a list of his engravings compiled by Charles Gobrecht Darrah, 1902; and Gobrect's childhood sketchbooks, 1794, with some observations on mixing colors, engraving, and copying. Also included are the deed of trust to the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, May 7, 1884 and two letters relating to the deed; the deed of trust to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Feb. 24, 1880, and related letters including those concerning the Temple Trust Fund; and articles of agreement between Joseph E. Temple and the Reynold's Monument Association and sculptor John Rogers, Feb. 14, 1882.

Archives of American Art

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6760317

Archives of American Art

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Gobrecht, Christian F., 1785-1844

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wh6b2c (person)

Christian F. Gobrecht (1785-1844). From the description of Notebook, ca. 1806-1823. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191316457 Engraver in the U.S. Mint; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Selected papers from the Christian Gobrecht Collection, 1794-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553147 ...

Pennsylvania academy of the fine arts

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65f2fs9 (corporateBody)

Art school; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From the description of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts exhibition catalog, 1921 and 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553237 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is an art academy and museum, founded in 1805 in Philadelphia, Pa. Exhibitions and classes began in 1811. Notable academy instructors and students have included Thomas Eakins, Cecilia Beaux, William Merritt Chase, Violet Oakley, Henry O. Tanner, Rembra...

Pennsylvania Museum of Art. School of Industrial Art

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gv22c9 (corporateBody)

Rogers, John, 1829-1904

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv0wg9 (person)

John Rogers (1829-1904) was born in Salem, Mass., and received his education in the Boston public schools. While employed in various jobs he began to model in clay during his leisure hours and in 1858-1859 spent time in Rome studying methods of reproducing clay groups in plaster form. On his return, he went to Chicago where he exhibited, for a charity fair, "The Checker Players," a group in clay that attracted much favorable attention. During the Civil War, he modeled small statuette groups, mos...

Temple, Joseph E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p01w5d (person)