Albert E. McVitty papers relating to McVitty's art collection

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Albert E. McVitty papers relating to McVitty's art collection

1902-1971

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Letters from Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Mrs. John Twachtman, J. Alden Weir, art dealers and others; photographs of works of art; writings and notes including 4 catalog notebooks and price lists of works of art in the collection; business records; a scrapbook containing photographs of works of art in the collection; exhibition catalogs and clippings, and other printed material.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6767080

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Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910

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Winslow Homer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1836. He was raised in Cambridge, where he developed a love of art and the outdoors. At the age of 19 he began his career as an illustrator, apprenticing at the J.H. Bufford lithographic firm in Boston. He then decided to become a freelance illustrator. In 1859 Homer moved to New York to work for Harper's Weekly, serving as artist-correspondent for the magazine during the Civil War. After taking some art classes at the National Academy of Desig...

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926

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Mary Cassatt (b. Mary Stevenson Cassatt, May 22, 1844, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania-d. June 14, 1926, Paris, France) was an American Impressionist painter and printmaker....

McVitty, Albert E. (Albert Elliott), 1876-1948

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Albert E. McVitty was a collector of prints who wrote to Carl Zigrosser for his advice on purchases. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1918-1946. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902114 Art collector, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. From the description of Albert E. McVitty papers concerning McVitty's art collection, 1902-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565608 ...

Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919

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American painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Branchville [Conn.], to August Jaccaci, [no year] Jul. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586836 J. Alden Weir (1852-1919) was an Impressionist painter. From the description of J. Alden Weir letter to Augustus Thomas, 1903 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477650 From the description of J. Alden Weir letter to Augustus Thomas, 1903 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 6133...