Papers, 1844-1982, 1844-1906 (bulk)

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Papers, 1844-1982, 1844-1906 (bulk)

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Papers of Benjamin Stone, 1844-1906, include correspondence, art catalogs, receipts and bills, sketches and prints, letters patent, military papers from his Civil War service, school essays, diaries (1848-1859, 1880), and photographs, with biographical materials, 1974-1982. Correspondence includes letters received from fellow artists Frederick Church, Jasper F. Cropsey, Benjamin Champney, and George H. Clement; and Stone's letters to his wife concerning his painting and sketching, his Civil War experiences, and family and personal matters. Papers of his wife, Mary Allen DuBois Stone, include her diaries, 1876-1899, concerning her husband's art work, his association with other artists, social visits, her children, and events and people in Catskill; letters received from friends and family, ca. 1860-1906, including condolences on the death of her daughter Julia Meserole; and a scrapbook and copybook of poetry, 1849.

1.5 cubic ft., 9 v.

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Champney, Benjamin, 1817-1907

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Benjamin Champney (November 20, 1817 – December 11, 1907) was a painter whose name has become synonymous with White Mountain art of the 19th century. He began his training as a lithographer under celebrated marine artist Fitz Henry Lane at Pendleton's Lithography shop in Boston. Most art historians consider him the founder of the "North Conway Colony" of painters who came to North Conway, New Hampshire and the surrounding area during the second half of the 19th century. His paintings were often ...

Meserole, Julia.

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Stone, Mary Allen DuBois, 1828-1912.

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Stone, Benjamin Bellows Grant, 1829-1906

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Civil War Veteran and minor artist of the Hudson River School of Landscape Painters. Born and raised in Belmont, Massachusetts, enlisted in 1862 to serve three years with 1st Massachusetts Regiment Heavy Artillery. He mustered in as 1st Lieutenant on 20 March 1863; advanced to 2nd Lieutenant by 23 August 1863; and was discharged from service due to disability on 1 December 1863. He was married to Mary A. Du Bois. They removed to Catskill, New York after the Civil War, where he devoted much of hi...

Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 1823-1900

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Artist commissioned by the Board of Regents to paint campus and the observatory of University of Michigan. From the description of Sketch book, 1855. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83658068 From the description of Jasper Francis Cropsey sketch book, 1855. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778263 From the description of Sketch book, 1855. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419312 Painter; New York (N.Y.). ...

Clement, George

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Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900

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Artist. From the description of Frederick Edwin Church correspondence, 1860-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453332 Landscape painter of the Hudson River School. From the description of Papers, 1860-1887. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 50151072 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Frederick Edwin Church letter, 1887 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515312 American painter. From th...