Emma Cheves Wilkins letters, photographs, and clippings

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Emma Cheves Wilkins letters, photographs, and clippings

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/159956284

This collection consists of letters to and from Emma Cheves Wilkins about her paintings. Additionally this collection contains photographs and newspaper clippings about Ms. Wilkins art as it was displayed in museums around the country. Finally this collection contains a Resolution of thanks from the Savannah Benevolent Society to Gilbert A. Wilkins for his work during the yellow fever epidemic in Savannah, January 11, 1877.

2 boxes, 1 oversize folder (1.05 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6904542

Georgia Historical Society

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Courtois, Gustave, 1852-1923

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Wilkins, Emma Cheves, 1870-1956

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Emma Cheves Wilkins, 1870-1956, was born in Savannah, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert A. Wilkins. She received her early education in Savannah then went to a boarding school in Baltimore, MD. She first studied art with Carl Brandt, director of the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences in Savannah, then spent several summers in Paris studying with Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel, with Gustave Courtois, and at Colorossis' Atelier (atelier is French for studio). She pursued her art career in Sav...

Wilkins, Gilbert A.

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Boutet de Monvel, Louis-Maurice, 1851-1913

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French artist. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person signed : [Boston], to an unidentified recipient, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778801671 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to an unidentified recipient, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778794846 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified recipient, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778801537 ...