Notebook, [ca. 1835-1840].

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Notebook, [ca. 1835-1840].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58663811

Notebook kept by Edmonds on fellow artists' techniques (ca. 1835-1840). He gives detailed and illustrated analysis of the work of Thomas Sully, Gilbert Stuart, Sir Henry Raeburn, Raphael Hoyle, and William Page. Illustrations are mostly pen-and-ink but include a small watercolor of himself to illustrate Page's portrait technique learned wile Edmonds sat for him.

1 v. : ill. (some col.)

New-York Historical Society

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Edmonds, Francis William, 1806-1863

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Painter, banker. From the description of Notebook, [ca. 1835-1840]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663811 Banker, painter. Edmonds was born in Hudson, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1812-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155491796 Francis Edmonds divided his life between the art and banking worlds and came to be well-known and respected in both. As his dual career developed, ti...

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...

Raeburn, Henry, Sir, 1756-1823

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Scottish portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to Viscount Melville, 1823 May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616088 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to David Wilkie, 1821 Aug. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616092 Epithet: son of Sir Henry Raeburn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000799.0x0000c5 ...

Hoyle, Raphael, 1811-1885.

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Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872

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Artist Thomas Sully was born in London, although his actor parents soon emigrated to the United States. A trip back to England to study painting expanded his horizons, and upon his return to the United States he developed a reputation as a first rate painter. He specialized in portraits, especially portraits of women, and painted full-length portraits of many public and private figures. He is perhaps most closely associated with his portrait of Queen Victoria and for his painting, Washington cro...

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828

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