Aguado letters, 1843-1883.

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Aguado letters, 1843-1883.

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Collection documents the 1843 sale in Paris of works of art from the Aguado collection and the purchase of Murillo's Assumption of the Virgin by George Peabody of Salem. Includes: Catalogue des tableaux anciens et moderns, des ecoles Franc̦aise, Italienne ... de la collection M. Aguado ... (Paris, 1843); Galerie Aguado ordre général des vacations (Paris, 1843); letter, 1854 Jan. 4, Philadelphia, from Thomas Balch to George Peabody, Salem, regarding the authenticity of the painting; letter, 1850 March 26, Boston, from Thomas Amory to George Peabody, regarding the loan of the Murillo to the Boston Athenaeum; letter, 1883 Nov. 5, Boston, from Charles C. Perkins to George Peabody, seeking information on the painting for his Dictionary of painting and painters; and, letter, 1883 Nov. 7, Salem, from George Peabody to Perkins providing a history of his purchase of the painting.

1 v. (ca. 8 items) ; 26 cm.

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Peabody, George, 1804-1892

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Amory, Thomas.

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Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886

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Epithet: author and art critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000053 Painter, etcher, author, art and music critic, of Boston, Mass. Perkins graduated from Harvard in 1843; studied art in Rome and Paris; promoted art education for the masses; organized the Boston Art Club and served as president, 1869-1879; was a founder and honorary director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...

Boston Athenaeum. Fine Arts Committee.

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Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban, 1617-1682

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Balch, Thomas, 1821-1877

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Thomas Balch (1821-1877) was born in Leesburg, Virginia. He was an American historian and author of The French in America during the War of Independence of the United States, 1777-1783. Balch died in Philadelphia. From the description of Thomas Balch letter, 1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478021 ...