Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera

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Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera

1807-1946

The Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera measures 1.1 linear feet and dates from 1807 to 1946. Unrelated letters written by over 170 mostly 19th and early 20th century American artists are found in this compiled collection of art critic, dealer, and collector Albert Duveen. Additional ephemera includes printed material and photographs of artwork.

1.1 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 7024492

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Duveen, Albert

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Art dealer; New York, N.Y. From the description of An art dealer is intrigued by American folk art : lecture, 1961 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122397083 Art dealer, collector; New York, N.Y. From the description of Albert Duveen art reference files, [ca. 1831-1950]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78162733 From the description of Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera, 1808-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220149462 ...

Dunlap, William, 1766-1839

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American playwright, theatrical manager, painter, historian. From the description of Papers of William Dunlap, 1765-1839. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135371 Theatrical manager, dramatist, painter, and historian; New York City and elsewhere. From the description of Diaries, 1797-1798, 1819-1820, 1833-1834. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663747 William Dunlap, American producer, playwright, actor, and hist...

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778?-1860

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Rembrandt and Harriet Peale (née Cany) were painters; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Rembrandt and Harriet Peale papers, 1824-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81263030 From the description of Printed material relating to Rembrandt Peale, 1830-1862 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80271418 Peale, from a family of artists, was a portrait, miniature and historical painter. From the description of Notes of the Painting Room. (Winte...

Boynton, Theodore V., Mrs.

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Vanderlyn, Pieter, ca. 1687-1778.

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Harris, Charles X. (American painter and craftsman, born 1856)

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Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907

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Sculptor. From the description of Papers of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, circa 1848-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071553 Sculptor and artist. From the description of Augustus Saint-Gaudens papers, 1891-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981198 Sculptor, New York. From the description of Letter, 1893 April 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553768 American sculptor. From the description of Saint-Gaudens National...

Satterlee, Walter, 1844-1908

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Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926

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Rhead was born in England and emigrated to New York where he spent most of his career. From the description of Drawings for book illustrations, ca. 1890-1926. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83570958 From the guide to the Drawings for book illustrations, ca. 1890-ca. 1926., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) English artist in America. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) and telegram : Flatbush, to m...

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...

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

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Landscape architect. From the description of Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952 (bulk 1838-1903). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979908 American landscape designer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles A. Dana, 1876 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872066 Landscape architect. Related material in Biography and Genealogy Files under 'F.L. Olmsted.' From the description ...

Reid, Robert, 1862-1929

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Painter, mural painter, craftsman, teacher; NYC, Colorado Springs, Colo. From the description of Robert Lewis Reid papers, 1861-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233006985 Painter, mural painter, craftsman, teacher; NYC/Colorado Springs, Colo. From the description of Robert Reid papers, 1875-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565666 ...

McKenzie, R. Tait (Robert Tait), 1867-1938

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R. Tait McKenzie, physician, physical therapist, physical educator, and sculptor served the University of Pennsylvania as its first Professor of Physical Education, 1904-1929. Born in 1867, McKenzie spent his youth in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. He entered McGill University at the age of eighteen earning both his undergraduate degree and his M.D. degree (1892). His childhood friend, James Naismith, encouraged McKenzie to pursue interests in physical training, and McKenzie ...

Yewell, George Henry, 1830-1923

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Artist. From the description of Papers of George Henry Yewell, 1847-1919. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233106842 Portrait painter, genre painter, and etcher; Iowa City, New York City, and Lake George, N.Y. Lived in Rome 1856-1878. From the description of George Henry Yewell papers, 1847-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81380431 ...

Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912

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Painter, author, war correspondent, and illustrator. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Edward E.] Ayer, 1910 Dec. 3. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38860956 Artist. From the description of Letter of Francis Davis Millet, 1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454555 The American painter, draftsman, lithographer, muralist and writer Francis Davis Millet was born in Mattapoisett, Mass. He served in the Union army in 1864, and ...

Fairman, James (American painter, critic, and politician, 1826-1904)

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Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889

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Secretary of the National Academy of Design. From the description of Letter : New York, to John Sartain, Philadelphia, 1846 Feb. 2. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28489519 Born in Alexandria, Va., in 1808, John Gadsby Chapman studied painting briefly in Philadelphia before traveling to Europe in 1828, where he spent almost two years in Italy. He returned to Alexandria in 1831 and exhibited paintings in Alexandria, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Boston, and Philadelphi...

Lambdin, James Reid, 1807-1889

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James Reid Lambdin was born on May 10, 1807, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was the son of James and Prudence Lambdin and the brother of Samuel H. Lambdin. He moved to Philadelphia, Pa. in 1823 to pursue a career as an artist under the tutelage of Thomas Sully. He returned to Pittsburgh by 1826 and opened the Pittsburgh Museum of Natural History and Gallery of Fine Art, modeled after Charles Willson Peale's museum in Philadelphia. His collection, which included over fifty paintings and 400 fossils, was w...

Pease, Joseph Ives, 1809-1883

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Snell, Henry Bayley, 1858-1943.

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Palmer, Walter Launt, 1854-1932

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Herrick, Henry Walker, 1824-1906

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Mignot, L. R. (Louis Remy), 1831-1870

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Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895

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William Wetmore Story was born in Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1840, left the United States in 1847 and spent the rest of his life in Rome. There he began his career as a sculptor, working mostly in marble. From the description of Letters sent, 1860, 1875. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77798425 American expatriate William Wetmore Story had talent and success in diverse pursuits. After graduating from Harvard, he practised law in Bo...

Crane, Bruce, 1857-1937

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Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889

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Artist and educator. From the description of Robert Walter Weir correspondence, 1858 February 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981333 ...

Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, 1844-1917

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American sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Villa d'Este, Tivoli, to Mr. and Mrs. [John W. Field], 1886 Jan. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530720 Sculptor, Rome, Italy. Born in Richmond, Va., of a Sephardic Jewish family, Ezekiel was educated at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. Fought with the Confederates in the Civil War. In 1869, he went to Berlin to study at the Royal Art Academy, and he met with great...

Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936

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Born in New York City in 1848, Edwin Howland Blashfield became an artist who specialized in mural painting and advocated for public art. In 1867 Blashfield traveled to Paris where he studied with the figure painter Léon Bonnât. Blashfield's works were exhibited at the Paris Salon during 1875-1879, 1888-1889, and 1892-1893. On July 5, 1881, Blashfield married in Paris Evangeline Wilbour, and soon after took up permanent residence in New York City. He and his wife collaborated on many illustrate...

Ripley, Robert L. (Robert LeRoy), 1890-1949

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Robert LeRoy Ripley (b. Dec. 25, 1890–d. May 27, 1949), American cartoonist, entrepreneur and amateur anthropologist, who created the world famous Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, radio show, and television show which feature odd facts from around the world. From the description of Ripley, Robert L. (Robert LeRoy), 1890-1949 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582310 ...

Story, George Henry, 1835-1923

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Fosdick, J. William, 1858-1937.

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Thulstrup, Thure de, 1848-1930

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Swedish artist in America. From the description of Autograph letters signed (8) : New York, N.Y., to Messrs. Schell, Bradley and Turnure of Harper & Brothers, 1890 Mar. 7-1892 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572493 ...

Keith, Dora Wheeler, 1856-1940.

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Robinson, Theodore, 1852-1896

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American painter. From the description of Letters to Claude Monet, 1891-1896. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78991639 Painter, teacher, designer. From the description of Theodore Robinson papers concerning Hannah Brown Kingsbury, [ca. 1870-1951]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355054 From the description of Theodore Robinson papers relating to Hannah Brown Kingsbury, [ca. 1870-1951]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 710018000 ...

Sarony, Napoléon 1821-1896

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Artist and photographer. From the description of Napoleon Sarony correspondence, 1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980397 ...

Turcas, Jules, 1854-1917.

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La Farge, John, 1835-1910

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John LaFarge (1835-1910) was president of the Society of American Artists. From the description of John La Farge letter to Frank B. Bigelow, 1904 Oct. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316806 John La Farge (1835-1910) was a painter, muralist, sculptor, and stained glass artisan. In 1904 he was serving as president of the Society of American Artists. From the description of John La Farge letter to Frank B. Bigelow, 1904 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Mayer, Frank Blackwell, 1827-1899

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Painter, specialized in North American Indian subjects and colonial themes; Baltimore, Md. From the description of Frank B. Mayer letter, 1864 Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79193849 Baltimore artist who traveled independently in 1851 to Minnesota to observe and sketch the Sioux Indians present at treaty negotiations at Traverse des Sioux and Mendota. In May of 1851 Mayer left Maryland and journeyed via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Mis...

Wilmarth, Lemuel Everett, 1835-1918.

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Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893

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Hennessy, William John, 1839-1917

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Herter, Albert, 1871-1950

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Lock, Frederick William (British miniaturist, active 1843-1871)

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Grosvenor, Thelma Cudlipp

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Kitchell, Joseph Gray, b. 1862.

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Whitman, Sarah, 1763-1803

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Sarah Wyman Whitman, artist and civic volunteer, studied art in Boston under William Morris Hunt. Her stained glass, book cover designs, and paintings were exhibited widely in Massachusetts and New York. She was active in guiding the development of Radcliffe College, served on the council of the Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston, and was president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Massachusetts Civil Service Reform Association. From the description of Papers, 1904-1984 (inclusive). (H...

Mayer, Constant, 1829-1911.

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Lumley, Arthur, approximately 1837-1912

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Artist and illustrator, born in Dublin and came to America in 1840. He lived in New York. From the description of Sketch of Lincoln, May 16, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52538371 ...

Greatorex, Eliza Pratt, 1820-1897.

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Huntley, Samantha L. (Samantha Littlefield), 1865-1949

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Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873

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American sculptor. From the description of Horatio Nelson Powers letter to the Rev. W. Ware [manuscript], no year August 12. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647997942 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Florence, to Bayard Taylor, 1845 Oct. 9 and 1846 Feb. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618884 Sculptor; United States and Italy. From the description of Hiram Powers letters, 1852 Apr. 4-Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat r...

Paris, Walter, 1842-1906.

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Hartley, Jonathan Scott, 1845-1912

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Sculptor, stone worker; studied in England, Paris and Rome. Married George Inness' daughter. From the description of Jonathan Scott Hartley photograph, 1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122394604 ...

Bridgman, Frederick Arthur, 1847-1928

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The American painter, composer, and author Frederick Arthur Bridgman was born in Tuskegee Alabama. He attended classes at the National Academy of Design in New York, and in 1866 went to study in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Paris Exposition Universelles in 1879 and 1889. From the description of Letter to Mr. Hossack, 1899 Jan. 6. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78890054 Frederick A. Bridgman and his wife Martha we...

Stout, James Varick, 1809-1860.

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Mulvany, John, 1839-1906

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Wiggins, Carleton, 1848-1932

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Lippincott, William H. (William Henry), 1849-1920

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Page, Fred B.

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Morgan, Matthew Somerville, 1839-1890

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Persico, Luigi, 1791-1860

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Stetson, Charles Walter, 1858-1911

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A painter best known for his landscapes of California and Italy, Stetson was married first to feminist and author Charlotte Perkins Gilman (they were divorced in 1894) and later to author Grace Ellery Channing. He and Gilman had one daughter, Katharine Beecher Stetson Chamberlin, who later lived with Grace and Charles Stetson. From the description of Papers, 1881-1888 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008791 Stetson, Charles, collector; photos of surr...

Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936

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Sculptor and lecturer. From the description of Letters, 1910-1929. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233120960 Sculptor; Illinois. Born in Elmwood, Ill. From the description of Lorado Taft papers, 1882-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454444 ...

Williams, George Alfred, 1875-1932

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Waugh, Ida, -1919

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Painter; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Ida Waugh letter, 1891 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122648175 ...

Mowbray, H. Siddons (Harry Siddons), 1858-1928

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Figure and mural painter; New York, N.Y. and Washington, Conn. Born Harry Siddons, Alexandria, Egypt. Adopted by his uncle George M. Mowbray. Graduated from West Point in 1875. Three years later, he studied painting under Bonnat in Paris. He has mural decorations in the residences of J.P. Morgan and F.W. Vanderbilt, the Apellate Courthouse of New York, and St. John's Church in Washington, Connecticut. Mowbray was awarded the Clark Prize, National Academy of Design, in 18...

Robbins, Horace Wolcott.

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Wurst, Alexander, 1837-1876.

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Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905

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Arthur F. Tait was an American painter of sporting scenes and animals. He was born in England in 1819 and studied art as a boy in Manchester. He came to the United States in 1850, settling in New York City. Tait spent many of his summers at his camp in the Adirondack mountains. A number of his paintings were made into lithographs by Louis Prang and Currier & Ives. Tait died at his home in Yonkers, NY in 1905. From the description of Letters, 1853-1898. (Winterthur Library). World...

Lupton, Thomas Goff, 1791-1873

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English engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Alex Hill, 1840 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270956232 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Gordon, 1825 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270847044 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mr. Gosden, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590992 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Alexander...

Sanderson, Charles Wesley, 1838-1905.

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Hill, John Henry, 1839-1922

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Epithet: alias 'Harrison Hill', author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x0001a9 ...

McArthur, John, 1823-1890

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Worth, Thomas, 1834-1917

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Thomas Worth was a comic and genre artist born in New York City in 1834. In 1855 he sold his first sketch to Currier & Ives which led to the subsequent publishing of a number of his horse racing scenes. He lived most of his life in Islip, Long Island, NY, but in his later years he moved to New Brighton, Staten Island, NY where he died in 1917. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1915-1917]. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122601898 ...

Zilcken, Ph., 1857-1930

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Turner, Charles Yardley, 1850-1918.

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Painter, etcher; New York, N.Y. Turner and painter, Frederick Stuart Church were close friends and according to Ruel Pardee Tolman, and "were called 'the long and short of it.' Every Christmas morning they planned to have breakfast together." From the description of Charles Yardley Turner scrapbook of letters from Frederick S. Church and John LaFarge, 1894-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093817 ...

Smillie, George Henry

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Matthews, William, 1822-1896

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Kaufmann, Theodor, 1814-1900.

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Parrish, Randall.

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Stone, Horatio, 1808-1875

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Physician and sculptor. From the description of Letter of Horatio Stone, 1867 December 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064629 ...

Bosworth, Welles, 1869-1966

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Turner, Ross, 1847-1915

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Watercolorist, painter, illustrator; Salem, Mass. From the description of Ross Turner letters, 1884-1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122595031 ...

Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894

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George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894) was an American portrait painter. He studied in Paris and painted in the U.S. and Europe. His best known works were portraits of Daniel Webster, Longfellow, and a series of U.S. presidents. From the guide to the G.P.A. Healy papers, 1843-1953, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Portrait and historical painter. Healy painted in the U.S. and Europe. From the description of George Peter Alexande...

Volk, Douglas, 1856-1935

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Volk was an American portrait painter and son of sculptor Leonard Volk. From the description of Letter, September 4, 1931. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 268661220 Douglas Volk (full name Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk) (1856-1935) was a painter. His father, Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895) was a sculptor. Both were active in Center Lovell, Me. From the description of Stephen A. Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers, 1845-1960 (bulk 1...

Sonntag, William Louis, 1822-1900

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Landscape painter. From the description of William Louis Sonntag sketchbook, 1869-1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571018 ...

Zimmerman, Eugene, 1862-1935

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Cartoonist. Born May 25, 1862 in Elmira, New York. Died March 26, 1935 in Basel, Switzerland. Worked as a cartoonist for Puck and Judge magazines. Nickname "Zim." From the description of Eugene Zimmerman papers, 1932-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552480 ...

Van Laer, Alexander T., 1857-1920.

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Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904

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Sculptor. From the description of Letter of Erastus Dow Palmer, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454830 Erastus Dow Palmer was a self-taught sculptor from the state of New York. He had only six months of formal schooling before being apprenticed as a carpenter. Palmer's talents were evident at a young age. When he was 9 he built his own sawmill, and at 17, he left his hometown, Pompey, NY, for Amsterdam, NY, where he worked as a carpenter, wood carver, and cabinet make...

Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852.

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Sculptor. From the description of Letter of Horatio Greenough, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450551 Journalist, anthologist, author. From the description of Letter to Rufus Wilmot Griswold [manuscript], ca. 1851. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647880477 From the description of Letter to Rufus Wilmot Griswold, ca. 1851. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 35035734 Greenough was a Boston sculptor influenced gre...

McEntee, Jervis, 1828-1891

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Jervis McEntee became a landscape artist, having studied under F.E. Church. McEntee also developed a lasting friendship with Edwin Booth. From the description of A journal of facts, folly & fun 1845 Oct 9-1846 Sep 29. (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 226993171 Jervis McEntee (1828-1891) was a landscape painter from New York, N.Y. Born in Rondout, N.Y. From the description of Jervis McEntee papers, 1796, 1848-1905. (Unk...

Muller, Karl, 1818-1893.

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Pike, William.

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Leutze, Emanuel, 1816-1868

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Painter Emanuel Leutze was born in Germany and emigrated to America in his youth. He became well-known regionally for his painting, especially portraits, and returned to Germany to paint and study from 1841 through 1859. He is remembered for historical, patriotic works, exemplified by his best known painting, Washington crossing the Delaware. From the description of Emanuel Leutze letter, ca. 1860-1868. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51851901 ...

Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915

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French, Edwin Davis, 1851-1906

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Engraver of New York City and Saranac Lake, New York; best known for his design and engraving of bookplates. From the description of Papers, 1894-[1908?]. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58664306 Edwin Davis French (1851-1906) was an engraver of silver and copper, famous for the bookplates he designed and engraved. He was interested in artificial languages, especially Volapük and Esperanto, and was active in Volapük societies. From the guide to the Edw...

Moran, Peter, 1841-1914

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Low, Will Hicok, 1853-1932

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American artist. From the description of Autograph lette signed : New York, to Mr. Schell of Harper and Brothers, 1890 June 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590139 ...

Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896

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American illustrator and naturalist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (35) : Washington, Conn., etc., to members of the firm Harper & Bros., 1883 Oct. 11-1895 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269590457 William Hamilton Gibson (1850-1896) was an author and artist from Buffalo, N.Y. From the description of William Hamilton Gibson letters and photograph, 1890-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502855 W. Hamilton Gibson was an ...

Fenn, Harry, 1838-1911

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American artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montclair, New Jersey, to a Mrs. Harrison, 1886 Mar. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525188 From the description of Autograph letters and cards signed (some with initials) (19) : Montclair, NJ, etc., to members of the firm at Harper & Brothers, [1890 Jan. 28-1892 Mar.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532440 Fenn was a British-born American painter best known for his topographic scenes. ...

Cole, Timothy, 1852-1931

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The Mount Vernon Seminary began in 1875 as a private high school and junior college for women, founded by Elizabeth J. Somers. The George Washington University initially affiliated with Mount Vernon College, and ultimately acquired the college's property and legacy in 1999. The first school of higher education available to women in Washington, D.C., Mount Vernon Seminary and College had five different locations throughout its history. The last Seminary class graduated in 1969, and the school was...

Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924

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Frederick Stuart Church (1842-1924), American artist. During the Civil War, he served with Co. A of Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery of Light Artillery. From the description of Letter from Frederick Stuart Church to Nannie Havens, 1863, June 4, Vicksburg, Miss. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 79370924 Painter. From the description of Frederick Stuart Church letters and sketch, [ca. 1885-1898]. (Unknown). Wo...

Gould, Thomas Ridgeway, 1818-1881

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Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930

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Sculptor, author, and poet; Saratoga, N.Y. From the description of William Ordway Partridge papers, 1887-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404180 William Ordway Partridge was a sculptor and member of the Society of American Sculptors. From the description of William Ordway Partridge letter, 1905 Dec. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316809 Born in Paris, France, Partridge attended Columbia University and studied in Europe. He lectured at Colum...

Tilton, John Rollin, 1828-1888.

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Walden, Lionel, 1861-1933.

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Taylor, Henry Fitch, 1853-1925

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Henry Fitch Taylor was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1853. He studied at the Académie Julian, in Paris, and in 1885 went to Barbizon to paint. He returned to America in either 1888 or in 1889, and established his studio in New York City. Between 1898 and 1908 Taylor resided in Cos Cob, Connecticut. He was part of the Cos Cob Art Colony. Among his visitors there were John Twachtman, Childe Hassam, Willa Cather, Arthur B. Davies, George Luks, and Walt Kuhn; many of these acquaintances would come to ...

MacMonnies, Mary Fairchild, 1858-1946

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Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888

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Illustrator and army officer; used pseudonym Porte Crayon. From the description of Drawings, 1861 Jul 23 and 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959762 Soldier; writer and illustrator under the pseudonym "Porte Crayon"; U. S. consul in Mexico, 1879. From the description of Papers of David Hunter Strother [manuscript], 1876, 1885. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647975841 Epithet: Clothier, of York British Library...

Volkmar, Charles, 1841-1914

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Charles Volkmar was a painter, etcher, and potter. He studied in France with Antoine Louis Bazre and Henri Harpignes for about 15 years and then worked in the New York City area for many years. At first a landscape and animal painter, Volkmar later became a potter and is best known for his art pottery. From the description of Drawings for ceramics, 1888-1894. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122394128 Ceramist, painter. Born in Baltimore, Ch...

Thompson, Charles A.

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Epithet: of York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0001e3 ...

Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892

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Sculptor from Ann Arbor, Michigan. From the description of Randolph Rogers papers, 1853-1925. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421856 Sculptor; Rome, Italy. Born Waterloo, N.Y. Works include figures on Washington Monument, Richmond, Va., military commissions in Cincinnati, Detroit, Providence, seated Lincoln in Philadelphia, and others. From the description of Randolph Rogers papers, 1848-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

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.). ...

Fournier, Alexis Jean, 1865-1948

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Champney, James Wells, 1843-1903

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James Wells Champney (July 16, 1843 – May 1, 1903) was an American genre artist and illustrator noted for his portraits, oriental scenes and American landscapes. Champney was born in Boston, the son of Benjamin and Sarah Wells Champney. His mother died when he was quite young and he was raised by relatives. At the age of 16 years he began his career as an apprentice wood engraver and earned a living making wood engravings. At the outbreak of Civil War he left the apprenticeship and enlisted in ...

Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859

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Epithet: RA; of Add MS 42576 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x00034a Anglo-American painter. From the description of ALsS : 1814-1852. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617150 British painter. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1829-1858. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81331228 Epithet: RA; of Egerton MS 2075 ...

Rogers, John, 1829-1904

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John Rogers (1829-1904) was born in Salem, Mass., and received his education in the Boston public schools. While employed in various jobs he began to model in clay during his leisure hours and in 1858-1859 spent time in Rome studying methods of reproducing clay groups in plaster form. On his return, he went to Chicago where he exhibited, for a charity fair, "The Checker Players," a group in clay that attracted much favorable attention. During the Civil War, he modeled small statuette groups, mos...

Wiles, Irving Ramsay, 1861-1948

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Irving Ramsey (1861- 1948) was a portrait painter, illustrator and teacher in Utica, N.Y. From the description of Irving Ramsay Wiles papers, 1887-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 669913101 Portrait painter, illustrator, teacher; Utica, N.Y.; b. 1861; d. 1948. From the description of Irving Wiles journals and address books, 1910-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220229069 From the description of Irving Ramsay Wiles journals and address books, 1910...

Selinger, Jean Paul, 1850-1909.

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Linen, George, 1802-1888

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Walcutt, William, 1819-1882.

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Sculptor and painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Walcutt papers, 1852-1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78272033 ...

McCord, George Herbert, 1848-1909.

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Oertel, Johannes Adam Simon, 1823-1909

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Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, artist and Episcopal clergyman, was born in Bavaria and came to the United States in 1848. In 1851, he married Julia Adelaide Torrey (d. 1907), with whom he had four children. His works include decorations for the ceiling of the House of Representatives in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.; "Rock of Ages," which was widely circulated in reproduction; and many religious paintings and wood carvings for churches. Oertel served as rector in Lenoir and Morganton, N.C.; Glen ...

Vos, Hubert, 1855-1935

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Hubert Vos (born February 15, 1855, Maastricht, Netherlands-died in New York City in 1935), Dutch painter who was born Josephus Hubertus Vos in Maastricht. He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and with Fernand Cormon in Paris. He exhibited widely in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dresden and Munich. From 1885 to 1892, he worked in England, where he exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1888 and 1891. He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists....

Whittemore, William J.

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Artist. From the description of William J. Whittemore collection, 1860-1954, 1888-1954 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155567716 ...

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871

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Thomas Prichard Rossiter (1818-1871) was a painter. Rossiter studied in Connecticut and in Europe, eventually settling in New York. His father was Henry C. Rossiter (fl. 1833-1834), a merchant who resided in New York and South Carolina. From the guide to the Thomas Prichard Rossiter Papers, 1833-1834, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Rossiter was a portrait painter. From the description of Thomas Prichard Ros...

Peixotto, Ernest, b. 1869.

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Waterman, Marcus A., 1834-1914

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Walker, James, 1819-1889

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Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887

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Thomas U. Walter was an architect. Born in Philadelphia in 1804, Walter began his career as an apprentice to his father in bricklaying and stone masonry. While working with his father, Walter trained in the office of William Strickland and attended the School of Mechanic Arts at the Franklin Institute, then under the direction of John Haviland. Walter rose to prominence with architectural designs that included Moyamensing Prison, Girard College, Andalusia, and Portico Row. In December 1850, Walt...

Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874

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Painter; Baltimore, Md. and Scotland. From the description of Alfred Jacob Miller manuscript and sketches, [undated] and 1837. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571456 ...

Kappes, Alfred, 1850-1894

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Winterburn, George T.

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Fay, Gaston

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Stewart, Julius LeBlanc, 1855-1919

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Heade, Martin Johnson, 1819-1904

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Martin Johnson Heade was born in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, in 1819. He studied art under painter Edward Hicks, and began his career as a portrait painter. After traveling abroad and living in Rome for two years, he made his artistic debut in 1841 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Heade began exhibiting regularly in 1848, after another trip to Europe, and became an itinerant artist until he settled in New York in 1859. In the early 1860s he turned to painting landscapes and seascapes, in...

O'Connor, Andrew, 1847-1924

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Palmer, John E.

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Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931

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W.A. Rogers was the New York Herald cartoonist from 1902 to 1922. From the description of Illustrations from Harper's Weekly series, American editors, circa 1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864480 ...

Moran, Edward, 1829-1901

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Edward Moran (d.1852), Irish anthologist and journalist, was sub-editor of The Globe in London for some years in the 1830s. A few letters are addressed to J. Gorton, possibly another of The Globe 's sub-editors. From the guide to the Edward Moran: Letters regarding, The Globe, 1832-1834, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895

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Painter, art instructor. Born Pennsylvania; active in many Philadelphia art organizations. Best known work "Battle of Gettysburg." From the description of Peter Frederick Rothermel receipt, 1862-1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552815 Painter, art instructor. Born Pennsylvania; active in many Philadelphia art organizations. Best known work "Battle of Gettysburg." From the description of Peter Frederick Rothermel papers, 1844-1895. ...

Thompson, Launt, 1833-1894

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Launt Thompson was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States as a youth. His drawings caught the eye of sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer, and he became Palmer's most celebrated pupil. He opened a studio in New York, and produced a variety of sculptures and castings, including portrait busts of William Cullen Bryant, 'Grizzly' Adams, and Edwin Booth. He contributed greatly to public sculpture after the Civil War, producing fresh and realistic statues and monuments throughout the Eastern Unite...

Van Elten, Kruseman, 1829-1904.

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Schoff, Stephen Alonzo, 1818-1904

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Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939

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Painter, portrait painter, lithographer, art collector; New Hope, Pa. From the description of Letters to Albert Rosenthal, 1885-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557612 Artist. From the description of Letter with attachment of Albert Rosenthal, 1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015407 Portrait painter, printmaker, writer, and collector; Philadelphia, Pa. Rosenthal was a student of his father, engraver Max Rosenthal, an...

Robinson, Ann.

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Hays, William-Jacob 1830-1875

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Ruckstuhl, F. W. (Fred Wellington), 1853-1942.

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Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946

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Albert E. Sterner (1863-1946) was an American painter, etcher and lithographer. He opened a studio in New York City in 1885, was one of the founders of Painter-Gravers of America, and taught at the Art Students League. His paintings were purchased by and exhibited at museums in Europe and the U.S. From the guide to the Albert E. Sterner correspondence, 1899-1945, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Illustrator and painter; New York City. Sterner...

Van Boskerck, Robert Ward, 1855-1932.

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Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937

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Frederick Burr Opper (1857-1937) was an American cartoonist and creator of the newspaper comic strips Happy Hooligan, And Her Name Was Maud!, Alphonse and Gaston and many others. From the guide to the Frederick Burr Opper Cartoons, 1931, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Cartoonist and illustrator; b. in Madison, Ohio. From the description of Three cartoon sketches, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971290 Ame...

Lie, Jonas, 1880-1940

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Scott, Emily Maria, 1832-1915.

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Middleton, Stanley Grant, b. 1852.

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Pfeiffer, Emily, 1827-1890

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Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905

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Born in England, George Henry Boughton grew up in New York State but returned to England and made his reputation there. Boughton was elected to the Royal Academy of Art and known for his genre scenes of peasant life in Italy and for his illustrations to histories and romances of early New England. Boughton illustrated Washington Irving's History of New York (1886) and Hawthorne's The scarlet letter (1908) for the Grolier Club. From the description of Letter : London, to Minnie E. Noy...

Ranger, Henry Ward, 1858-1916

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American painter. Ranger left his considerable estate to the National Academy of Design to establish a trust to purchase paintings by living artists for museums across the United States. From the description of Estate papers, 1906-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507132 ...

McCutcheon, John T.

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John Tinney McCutcheon (1870-1949) was a newspaper cartoonist and war correspondent. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, McCutcheon graduated from Purdue University in 1889. After graduation, McCutcheon got a job as a cartoonist for the Chicago Morning News (later the News-Record; Chicago Record; Record-Herald). McCutcheon published political cartoons and was a correspondent covering the Spanish-American War and the South African (Boer) War. He illustrated the stories of his close friend, humorist Georg...

Page, William, 1811-1885

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Portrait and figure painter. From the description of Letter : New York, to John Sartain, 1875 Dec. 9. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28489467 Portrait, figure painter; New York. Page was married three times; his first wife was Lavinia Twibill, sister of painter,? divorced c. 1843, second was Sara A. Dougherty. In 1857 he married Sophia Candace Stevens Hitchcock, daughter of Henry Stevens, an important bibliographer and bookseller. William a...

Richards, T. Addison (Thomas Addison), 1820-1900

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Landscape and portrait painter, illustrator, author. From the description of Thomas Addison Richards drawings, 1852-1856. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594337 ...

Gregory, Frank M., 1848-

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Raffaëlli, Jean-François (1850-1924).

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Jean François Raffaëlli was a French painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and author of Italian descent. He introduced technical innovations in ink drawing colors, drypoint, and color engraving printing. He also was a very active writer in various genres. From the description of Jean François Raffaëlli papers, 1870-1929. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78400235 French painter, sculptor and printmaker from an Italian family who, for political reasons, ...

White, George Harlow, 1817-1887

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Valentine, Edward Virginius, 1838-1930

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Augusta Co., Va., landlord. From the description of Account book, 1847-1863. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959201 Valentine was a famous sculptor who made the recumbent statue of Robert E. Lee that is housed in Lee Chapel. From the description of Letter, 1922 November 28 : to Mrs. R. L. Walton. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 192139527 ...

MacDonald, James Wilson Alexander, 1824-1908.

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Longpré, Paul de 1855-1911

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Biography / Administrative History Paul De Longpre was born in 1855 in Lyons, France and died in 1911. He was a self taught painter who moved to New York in 1880 and then to California in 1899. The home he built in Hollywood, California became to be celebrated for its magnificent flower gardens. Among his most famous paintings are "Double Peach Blossoms" and "White Fringed Poppies" (1902). From the guide to the Paul De Longpre Col...

Shattuck, Aaron Draper, 1832-1928

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The American artist Aaron Draper Shattuck was born in Francestown, New Hampshire, on March 9, 1832, the son of Jesse and Harriet Williams Shattuck. A.D. Shattuck studied painting with Alexander Ransom in Boston and at the National Academy of Design in New York. He was elected an associate member of the National Academy in 1856 and a full member in 1861; he specialized in landscapes and pastoral scenes. Shattuck married Marian Coleman, sister of the artist Samuel Coleman, in 1860. In 1870, they m...

Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869

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Artist and engraver. From the description of Diary of James Barton Longacre, 1825-1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015152 ...

Weeks, Edwin Lord

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Painter, illustrator, author, photographer, explorer; Paris, France. Born in Boston, Mass. and raised in Newtonville, Mass., Weeks studied in the American public school system and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, with Gerome and Bonnat. He married his cousin Frances Rollins Hale and was a close friend of illustrator Frank T. Merrill. Weeks travelled extensively in Egypt, Jerusalem, Damascus and Morocco, maintaining a studio in Paris and frequenting South Berwick, Main...

Hillern, Bertha von.

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Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906

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Painter. From the description of Harrison William Weir letter to Edward Caper, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122456181 ...

Powell, W. H. (William Henry), 1823-1879

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Artist. From the description of Letter of William Henry Powell, 1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449424 American artist, born in Ohio and later residing in New York City, painter of portraits and historical subjects. From the description of Full length portrait of Washington Irving in his library at Sunnyside : Subscription list, [186-]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58758585 ...