Papers, 1904-1957.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1904-1957.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58773236

Papers, 1904-1957, mainly documenting her artistic career. They include a looseleaf notebook listing her paintings, their description, history and disposition, with a list of paintings sold, and a list of pictures painted in the summer of 1931 in Cuernavaca, Mexico; a small address book; photographs of her paintings, her family, and her summer home at Cragsmoor (N.Y.); a notebook containing a diary of trips to England, France and Spain in 1904, 1905 and 1922; a diary for 1926; some copies of a printed newsletter, the Cragsmoor journal; letters, mostly dealing with her work, written by and to dealers, museums, and purchasers, but including a copy of a letter written by Turner's mother in 1864; scrapbooks containing clippings, letters, menus, Christmas cards, catalogs of exhibitions of Turner's paintings, and other memorabilia. Her diary for 1904 includes descriptions of visits to the studios of Sargent, Lavery, and Edwin Austin Abbey. The material documents the honors and awards she received, and also includes miscellaneous personal items: a passport issued in 1922, an affidavit by a cousin documenting her date of birth, her registration book documenting her studies at Columbia Teachers' College, receipts, invitation cards, and caricatures drawn for her in ink and watercolor by Charles Curran. There is also some genealogical material, including a bookplate of her great-grandfather, John Pintard, and letters acknowledging gifts from her to the New-York Historical Society.

0.92 linear feet (3 boxes)

New-York Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7770497

Related Entities

There are 7 Entities related to this resource.

New-York Historical Society

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sr9qvv (corporateBody)

Pintard, John, 1759-1844

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65t49fq (person)

Merchant, philanthropist, and founder of the New-York Historical Society. From the description of John Pintard papers, 1779-1880. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 475888555 ...

Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68p8xxh (person)

E. A. Abbey was a painter. Born in Philadelphia, he was self-taught and initially employed in a wood engraver's shop. In 1872, Abbey began working as an illustrator for Harper's. He also painted murals, including those for the Boston Public Library and Pennsylvania Capitol. From the description of Letter, 1874 November 26 : to L. Prang. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 84665753 Abbey was an American artist and illustrator who moved to England in 1878 and remained th...

Turner, Helen Maria, 1858-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r50f33 (person)

Artist; resident of New York City, 1895-1926. From the description of Papers, 1904-1957. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773236 ...

Lavery, John, 1856-1941

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gx5crs (person)

John Lavery was born in Ireland and moved to Scotland as a child following the death of his parents. He was educated at the Haldane Academy in Glasgow, at Heatherley's School of Art in London, then at the Académie Julian in Paris (in 1881). Influenced by the plein-air style of Jules Bastien-Lepage, Lavery returned to Glasgow in 1885 and became a leading member of the Glasgow Boys (a group committed to naturalism in painting). His commission to paint Queen Victoria's visit to Glasgow in 1888 esta...

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xg9s4r (person)

Florence 1856-1925 London. From the description of Portrait of Mrs. J.P. Morgan, Jr. (nee Jane Norton Grew, 1868-1925) [painting]. [ca. 1905] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906593 Anglo-American painter. From the description of Letters, 1881-1916. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81028068 Sargent was an American-born painter who lived and worked in France, England and elsewhere. From the description of [Letter] Sunday, 33, T...

Curran, Charles C. (Charles Courtney), 1861-1942

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sq945h (person)

American painter. From the description of Letter, 1906 March 24. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82374869 ...