Papers, 1799-1924.

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Papers, 1799-1924.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28957539

Correspondence and memorabilia of the Cadbury, Comfort, Haines, and Shinn families. Letters give a detailed picture of life in Philadelphia Quaker families of the mid 19th century, and of the hardships of those who participated in the California gold rush. Also includes the journal of Richard Tapper Cadbury while he was a student at Haverford College, and the correspondence of Cadbury's uncle, Earl Shinn Jr., art critic for the Nation with Thomas Eakins, William Chase, John Sartain, B.C. Champney, and William T. Richards.

6 boxes (3 linear ft.)

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7267310

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Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916

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Realist painter Thomas Eakins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1844. He was encouraged by his parents to develop his talent in art, and in 1862 he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Also during this period Eakins developed an interest in anatomy, revealed later in the realistically detailed Gross Clinic, painted in 1875. In 1866 he moved to Paris, where he studied painting with Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for three years, and briefly with sculptor Augustin-...

Cadbury, Richard Tapper, 1853-1929

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Quaker businessman, writer, and art connoisseur. Richard Tapper Cadbury was born in 1853, the son of Richard and Lydia Shinn Cadbury; he married Helen Nathans in 1884, and died in 1929. His mother's brother, Earl Shinn Jr., was an art critic. From the description of Papers, 1799-1924. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 28957539 ...

Haines family.

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Shinn family.

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Comfort family.

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Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905

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William Trost Richards (1833-1905) was a marine and landscape painter in Newport, R.I. and Germantown, Pa. From the description of William Trost Richards exhibition list and photograph, 1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 710020348 Marine artist. From the description of Letters : Germantown, Pa., Newport, R.I., to Samuel Sartain, 1865 Sept. 5, 1898 May 29, 1904 Dec. 5, and 1905 Feb. 18. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28489765 From the descript...

Cadbury family.

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Shinn, Earl, 1838-1886

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Art critic Earl Shinn wrote under the pseudonym Edward Strahan. From the description of Earl Shinn letters and diary from the collection at Swarthmore College, 1852-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821046 From the description of Earl Shinn letters and diary, 1852-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83690666 Art critic Earl Shinn wrote under the pseudonym of Edward Strahan. From the description of Earl Shinn journal in the Historical Society of Pe...

Sartain, John, 1808-1897

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Engraver, portrait and miniature painter John Sartain was born in London in 1808 and moved to the United States in 1830 after a seven year apprenticeship to London engraver John Swaine. Besides his banknote and portrait engraving, Sartain was noted for his magazine engravings. In 1849 he began his own magazine, entitled Sartain's Union Magazine of Letters and Art, but ceased its publication three years later due to financial troubles. Sartain was also the director of the Pennsylvania Academy of ...

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916

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Painter, art instructor; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Merritt Chase letter, 1911 Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599930 William Merrit Chase (1849-1916) was a painter and instructor from New York, N.Y. and Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. From the description of William Merrit Chase photographs, [ca. 1895]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744425314 Painter and instructor; New York, N.Y. and Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. ...