Elisabeth Spalding papers, 1897-1944.

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Elisabeth Spalding papers, 1897-1944.

Correspondence, essays, information on organizations and travel; biographical portrait of Spalding's friend, artist and teacher Henry McCarter; essay titled Nantucket about the Massachusetts island and Spalding's visits there; microfilm of Artists' Club of Denver/Denver Art Association scrapbook. Letters include one from American artist Winslow Homer (March 26, 1899). Includes "Render therefore to all their dues, honour to whom honour," a tribute to her parents, Bishop and Mrs. Spalding.

.5 linear ft. (1 box), 1 microfilm reel.

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Spalding, Elisabeth, 1868?-1954

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Denver, Colo. artist. Active in the founding and developing of Denver Art Museum. Daughter of Colorado Episcopal Bishop John Franklin Spalding. From the description of Elisabeth Spalding papers, 1897-1944. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 18009243 Painter; Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y., and Denver, Colo. Spalding met art instructor and painter Henry McCarter when she studied at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, ca. 1915-1918. ...

Artists' Club (Denver, Colo.)

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Denver Art Association

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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...

Spalding, Lavinia Deborah Spencer, 1840-1929

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McCarter, Henry, 1864-1942

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Spalding, John Franklin, 1828-1902

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