Sketches and photographs of paintings, 1857-1947, 1947 (bulk date).

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Sketches and photographs of paintings, 1857-1947, 1947 (bulk date).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261233698

Most of the collection consists of photographs of paintings, both portraits and landscapes, painted by Junius Sloan. The images were collected by J. Carson Webster, perhaps in preparation for his article on Sloan which was published in volume 40 of Art in America. In addition there are copies of photographs of Junius and Sara Spencer Sloan, photos of two calligraphic drawings, and photos of the letterhead for the Spencerian Business College in Washington, D.C. Of particular interest in the collection is a piece of stationery bearing three sketches by Sloan, one of a man, dated Sept. 1857; another labeled as being the mother of William Cullan Bryant; and the third being a cavalryman galloping on his horse. A poem is written on the back of the stationery.

ca.200 items : ill. ; 26 cm. or smaller.

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Sloan, Junius R., 1827-1900

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American portrait and landscape painter Junius Sloan was born on March 10, 1827, in Kingsville, Ohio. His parents were Drusilla Luce, a maker of straw bonnets, and Seymour Sloan, a blacksmith and toolmaker; the couple had eight children, of whom Junius was the second born. For several years, he worked as an itinerant painter of portraits, signs, and houses. Even after he married Sara Spencer (daughter of Platt R. Spencer, founder of the Spencerian method of penmanship), he continued to be on the...