William Cullen Bryant and Parke Godwin papers

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

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William Cullen Bryant (b. November 3, 1794, Cummington, Massachusetts-d. June 12, 1878, New York, New York), American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post....

Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945

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NOBLE, LOUIS L.

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Benson, Eugene, 1839-1908

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American painter From the guide to the Eugene Benson letter and receipts, 1870, undated, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American artist Eugene Benson was born and educated in the United States, later studying in Europe. He established himself in Europe, emulating the Venetian masters, and also travelled to the Near East, where he was much influenced by Egyptian art. During his heyday his illustrations graced numerous monographs and periodic...

Cozzens, Frederic S. (Frederic Swartwout), 1818-1869

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Noble, Thomas Satterwhite, 1835-1907

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Laurence, Samuel, 1812-1884

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Epithet: of Nevis British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x00007f British portrait painter. From the description of Letters, 1883. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82151712 ...

Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903

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Painter and portrait painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Thomas Waterman Wood letters, 1880-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81488082 Genre and portrait painter, etcher; Montpelier, Vt. and New York, N.Y. Founded gallery 1891. 2006 oils and watercolors by Wood in permanent collection of gallery. In addition the gallery includes a large collection of WPA art on permanent loan from the U.S. government. From the description o...

Bispham, William, Prebendary of Chester

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Epithet: Curate of Wye, county Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x00035c Epithet: Prebendary of Chester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x00035d ...

Brackett, Edward Augustus, 1818-1908

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Edward Augustus Brackett was a portrait sculptor born in Vassalboro, Maine, who worked in Cincinnati, New York, and Boston. From the description of Edward Augustus Brackett notebook, circa 1845. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 422874652 ...

Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889

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Secretary of the National Academy of Design. From the description of Letter : New York, to John Sartain, Philadelphia, 1846 Feb. 2. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28489519 Born in Alexandria, Va., in 1808, John Gadsby Chapman studied painting briefly in Philadelphia before traveling to Europe in 1828, where he spent almost two years in Italy. He returned to Alexandria in 1831 and exhibited paintings in Alexandria, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Boston, and Philadelphi...

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

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American sculptor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (6) : New York, N.Y., to Messrs. Schell and Bradley of Harper & Brothers, 1890 May 12-1892 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659398 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York, N.Y.], to an unidentified correspondent, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659388 Sculptor, New York City. From the description of John Quincy Adams Ward papers, 1857-1915. (Ne...

Brown, George Loring, 1814-1889

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American painter. From the description of Letter, 1870 March 12, South Boston, to Alvin Adams, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 260906787 Landscape, portrait, and miniature painter, lithographer, etcher, and wood engraver; Mass. Married Harriet Pease in 1835. Traveled in Europe, mainly Italy, 1840-1846. From the description of George Loring Brown sketchbook and engravings and Harriet Pease Brown diary, 1836-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1224...

Sarony, Napoléon 1821-1896

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Artist and photographer. From the description of Napoleon Sarony correspondence, 1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980397 ...

Beard, William Holbrook, 1824-1900

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William Holbrook Beard (b. April 13, 1824, Painesville, Ohio-d. February 20, 1900, Brooklyn, New York), American painter, began his career as a portrait artist. He became famous for his animal paintings and the display of his keen sense of humor, especially his stories of human foibles told with rabbits, foxes, monkeys and especially bears....

La Farge, John, 1835-1910

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John LaFarge (1835-1910) was president of the Society of American Artists. From the description of John La Farge letter to Frank B. Bigelow, 1904 Oct. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316806 John La Farge (1835-1910) was a painter, muralist, sculptor, and stained glass artisan. In 1904 he was serving as president of the Society of American Artists. From the description of John La Farge letter to Frank B. Bigelow, 1904 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Oertel, Johannes Adam Simon, 1823-1909

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Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, artist and Episcopal clergyman, was born in Bavaria and came to the United States in 1848. In 1851, he married Julia Adelaide Torrey (d. 1907), with whom he had four children. His works include decorations for the ceiling of the House of Representatives in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.; "Rock of Ages," which was widely circulated in reproduction; and many religious paintings and wood carvings for churches. Oertel served as rector in Lenoir and Morganton, N.C.; Glen ...

Alexander, John White, 1856-1915

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John White Alexander (1856-1915) was a painter, muralist, and illustrator of New York, N.Y. From the description of John White Alexander papers, 1870-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220166405 Painter; Paris, France and New York, N.Y. From the description of John White Alexander letter to Miss de Sansseur, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515765 American painter. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : "The Chel...

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906

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Daniel Huntington was a portrait, historical, and landscape painter. Born Oct. 14, 1816 in New York City, Huntington was a student at Hamilton College from 1832 to 1836. He studied under S.F.B. Morse and Henry Inman and then went to Europe in 1839 and again from 1842 to 1845, spending most of his time in Rome. Elected a National Academician in 1840, Huntington served twice as President of the National Academy, from 1862 to 1870 and from 1877 to 1890. He died in New York City on April 18, 1906. ...

Smillie, James David, 1833-1909

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

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White, Edwin D., 1817-1877

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Rogers, John, 1829-1904

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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...

Edmonds, Francis William, 1806-1863

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Painter, banker. From the description of Notebook, [ca. 1835-1840]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663811 Banker, painter. Edmonds was born in Hudson, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1812-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155491796 Francis Edmonds divided his life between the art and banking worlds and came to be well-known and respected in both. As his dual career developed, ti...

Mayer, Frank Blackwell, 1827-1899

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Painter, specialized in North American Indian subjects and colonial themes; Baltimore, Md. From the description of Frank B. Mayer letter, 1864 Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79193849 Baltimore artist who traveled independently in 1851 to Minnesota to observe and sketch the Sioux Indians present at treaty negotiations at Traverse des Sioux and Mendota. In May of 1851 Mayer left Maryland and journeyed via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Mis...

Robbins, Horace Wolcott.

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Brown, Henry Kirke, 1814-1886

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Sculptor; New York City and New York State, Washington, D.C. Ames was a portrait and genre painter, New York, N.Y. Both members of the National Academy of Design. From the description of Henry Kirke Brown letter to Mr. Ames, 1867 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566024 Sculptor and portrait painter; born in Leyden, Mass.; died in Newburgh, N.Y. From the description of Henry Kirke Brown papers, 1836-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118415 ...

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871

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Thomas Prichard Rossiter (1818-1871) was a painter. Rossiter studied in Connecticut and in Europe, eventually settling in New York. His father was Henry C. Rossiter (fl. 1833-1834), a merchant who resided in New York and South Carolina. From the guide to the Thomas Prichard Rossiter Papers, 1833-1834, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Rossiter was a portrait painter. From the description of Thomas Prichard Ros...

Lang, Louis, 1814-1893

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Louis Lang was a noted portrait and historical painter in the mid-nineteenth century. From the description of Letter to Mr. Graham, and carte-de-visite, 1873-1886. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34969069 Louis Lang was born in Waldsee, Germany, on February 29, 1814. After studying art in Stuttgart, Germany, and Paris, France, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he worked as a painter from 1838-1841. He left for Italy in August 1841 a...

McEntee, Jervis, 1828-1891

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Jervis McEntee became a landscape artist, having studied under F.E. Church. McEntee also developed a lasting friendship with Edwin Booth. From the description of A journal of facts, folly & fun 1845 Oct 9-1846 Sep 29. (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 226993171 Jervis McEntee (1828-1891) was a landscape painter from New York, N.Y. Born in Rondout, N.Y. From the description of Jervis McEntee papers, 1796, 1848-1905. (Unk...

Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852.

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Sculptor. From the description of Letter of Horatio Greenough, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450551 Journalist, anthologist, author. From the description of Letter to Rufus Wilmot Griswold [manuscript], ca. 1851. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647880477 From the description of Letter to Rufus Wilmot Griswold, ca. 1851. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 35035734 Greenough was a Boston sculptor influenced gre...

Godwin, Parke, 1816-1904

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American newspaper editor, writer, and historian. From the description of The Pacific railroad and how it is to be built, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79602363 From the description of The Pacific railroad and how it is to be built, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150541 American journalist and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to a member of the Harper firm, [1858-1860 Nov.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record...

Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889

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Artist and educator. From the description of Robert Walter Weir correspondence, 1858 February 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981333 ...

Thompson, Launt, 1833-1894

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Launt Thompson was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States as a youth. His drawings caught the eye of sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer, and he became Palmer's most celebrated pupil. He opened a studio in New York, and produced a variety of sculptures and castings, including portrait busts of William Cullen Bryant, 'Grizzly' Adams, and Edwin Booth. He contributed greatly to public sculpture after the Civil War, producing fresh and realistic statues and monuments throughout the Eastern Unite...

Dix, Charles Temple (American artist, 1840-1873)

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Rowse, Samuel Worcester, 1822-1901

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Hutton, Lawrence.

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Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878

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Author, translator, and traveler. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor, 1856-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064729 American journalist. From the description of Papers of Bayard Taylor [manuscript], 1847-1878. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972079 From the description of Poem and letter, 1877 June 26, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972081 From the description of Letter to a member of the...

Miller, Charles Henry, 1842-1922

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Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906

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American painter and printmaker Jonathan Eastman Johnson was born in Lovell, Maine in 1824. After apprenticing with a Boston lithographer, he moved to Washington D.C. in 1845 and became a portraitist of prominent Americans, including Daniel Webster and Dolly Madison. Beginning in 1849, Johnson spent two years at the Royal Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany, studying with Emanuel Leutze, and three years at The Hague. After returning to America in 1855, he settled in New York and focused on painting A...

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

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Painter, inventor; New York, N.Y. and London, England. From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599940 From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007074 Author of account concerning deportation of 1100 workers and I.W.W. sympathizers from Bisbee to Columbus, N.M., July 12, 1917. From the description of The truth about Bisbee...

Gignoux, Régis 1816-1882

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Lippincott, William H. (William Henry), 1849-1920

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Coffin, William A. (William Anderson), 1855-1925

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Landscape painter, writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Anderson Coffin papers, 1900-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657037245 From the description of William Anderson Coffin papers, 1900-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122514958 American artist. From the description of William A. Coffin papers, 1915-1926. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780225 William Anderson Coffin (1855-1925) was a pa...

Hall, George Henry, 1825-1913

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Epithet: American artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x00005b ...

Thompson, Cephas Giovanni, 1809-1888

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Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Palm Beach, to Mrs. Sullivan, 1903 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489232 From the description of [Letter] 1893 Feb. 22 [to] Madame / J. Jefferson. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244251899 From the description of Letter, 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451408 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Clancy and Reilly, 1880 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Richards, T. Addison (Thomas Addison), 1820-1900

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Landscape and portrait painter, illustrator, author. From the description of Thomas Addison Richards drawings, 1852-1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594337 ...

Ehninger, John Whetton, 1827-1889

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American artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York], to Judge C.P. Daly, [1850] Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270743270 ...

Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890

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Portrait and landscape painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Thomas Hicks letter, 1864 Jan. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515775 American portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "My Dear Wally", 1862 Mar. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871007 From the description of Thomas Hicks letter to "Sergio" [manuscript], 1858 May 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420487374 ...

Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 1813-1892

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American poet and artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, Mass., to Joseph B. Gilder, 1884 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644204873 Cranch was a Unitarian minister, poet, author, artist, editor, humorist, and member of the New England transcendentalist group. From the description of Christopher Pearse Cranch illustrations of the New Philosophy, ca. 1837-1839. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612709068 Artist...

O'Donovan, William Rudolph, 1844-1920

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Sculptor and painter well known for his busts. From the description of William Rudolph O'Donovan letters [manuscript], 1896. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648004752 Sculptor; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Rudolph O'Donovan letters, 1860-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577309 ...

Howland, Alfred Cornelius, 1838-1909.

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Brown, John George, 1831-1913

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x000250 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of John George Brown letters to Mr. Wheeler, 1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093857 John George Brown (1831-1913) was born in England and came to the U.S. to achieve success in New York, painting street urchins. He exhibited frequently in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, b...