John Hill Morgan Research Files, 1922-1944.

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John Hill Morgan Research Files, 1922-1944.

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Correspondence, approximately 500 black and white photographs of George Washington portraits, handwritten and typed notes, annotated volumes, printed material, some drafts of Morgan's writings, and copies of diaries and letters document John Hill Morgan's research on portraits of George Washington and other early American works. Papers date from 1920-1944, with a few printed items dating from 1892-1913. The bulk of the collection contains Morgan's research and correspondence for his 1931 book, "The Life Portraits of George Washington and Their Replicas," which he co-authored with Mantle Fielding. Also of note is Morgan's research on Gilbert Stuart, which includes reference materials and his annotated volumes of "Gilbert Stuart: An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works" (1926) by Lawrence Park. Additional research in the collection concerns portraits of George Washington not included in Morgan's or Park's books, and fakes of early American oils and drawings: Frank Bayley's sale of a Washington portrait later determined to be a copy (in Series IV: Gilbert Stuart), and a series of fake drawings sold in the 1920s and early 1930s by a man using various aliases, including George J. Shepard, Ferdinand Danton and John J. Hughes (in Series V: Shepard-Hughes-Danton Fakes).

7.3 linear feet (12 boxes, 8 bound volumes).

Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection

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Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection

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Bayley, Frank W. (Frank William), 1863-1932

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Frank William Bayley (1863-1932) was the proprietor of the Copley Gallery in Boston, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1922-1932. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259159 ...

Danton, Ferdinand.

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Morgan, John Hill, 1870-1945

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John Hill Morgan (1870-1945), an assistant professor and curator of American painting at Yale University, was considered an authority on early American art, most notably of portraits of George Washington. Among his publications are "The Life Portraits of George Washington and Their Replicas" (1931) which he co-wrote with Mantle Fielding, "Gilbert Stuart and His Pupils" (1939), and "Early American Painters" (1921), as well as other monographs and articles on artists such as John Watson, Joseph Bl...

Park, Lawrence, 1873-1924

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Fielding, Mantle, 1865-1941

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Hughes, J. A., 1941-....

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Shepard, George M. (George Milson), 1888-1973

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Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828

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