Papers of Warren Chappell [manuscript], 1870-1994.

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Papers of Warren Chappell [manuscript], 1870-1994.

The collection consists chiefly of Chappell's illustrations and artwork for books, dust jackets, magazines, Book-of-the-Month Club and Borzoi Books, announcements, keepsakes, bookplates, and Christmas cards; and individual sketches and drawings by Chappell and other artists. The collection also contains personal and professional correspondence; printed material; some photographs; articles; talks and speeches by Chappell; exhibition catalogs featuring Chappell; reviews and notices for books illustrated or written by Chappell; examples of various typefaces; political cartoons; and various topical files. There are also manuscripts and drawings by Chappell's grandfather, John Taylor Chappell, and by Samuel Michael Chappell. Topical files contain articles by Chappell, Alfred Fairbank, Fritz Kredel, and Paul Standard, catalogs from exhibitions featuring Chappell's work, lectures by Chappell, reviews, and type showings. Other artists whose work appears include Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, George Cattermole, Gustav Eichenauer, Willi Harwerth, Rudolf Koch, Fritz Kredel, Allen Lewis, Charles Locke, Imre Reiner, Boardman Robinson, Rudolph Ruzicka, Ernest H. Shepard, Francesco Solimena, and Hugo Steiner. Artwork collected by Chappell includes pieces by Hieronymus Bang, Annibale Carracci, Sebastiano Conca, Salomon Koninck, Charles Parrocel, Giovanni Piazetta, and Francesco Solimena.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7923939

University of Virginia. Library

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Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999

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Paul Cadmus was an "American artist who created paintings, drawings, and prints in a figurative, near-illustrational style during a career that spanned some 70 years. Cadmus decided upon a career in art when he was still a young boy and enrolled in art classes at New York City's National Academy of Design (now the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts) when he was 15. He studied there until 1926 and at the Art Students League for the following two years and then went to work at an adve...

Locke, Charles, 1899-

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American artist. From the description of List of Charles Wheeler Locke's works [manuscript], 1985 January. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647808027 ...

Shepard, Ernest H. (Ernest Howard), 1879-1976

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English children's illustrator, born in London, England in 1879. Well-known for his complete sets of illustrations for Winnie-the-pooh and Wind in the willows, he worked primarily in pen and ink, as well as water color and gouache. From the description of Papers, 1927-1970. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 26848647 Ernest Howard Shepard was an English painter and illustrator, perhaps best known for his original illustrations for A.A....

Book-of-the-Month Club

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The Book-of-the-Month Club, founded in 1926, is a United States mail-order business, customers of which are offered a new book each month. From the description of Book-of-the-Month Club records, 1939-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131595 The Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC) was founded in 1926 by Harry Scherman (1887-1969) in partnership with Maxwell Sackheim (1890-1982) and Robert K. Haas (1890-1964). Created to satisfy a perceived demand for quality literature that co...

Arnest, Bernard, 1917-

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Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Alfred A. Knopf and his wife, Blanche Knopf. From the description of Letters, 1928-1944, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155870929 Publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Alfred A. Knopf : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743309 American publisher. From the description of Typed letters signed (1...

Růžička, Rudolph 1883-1978

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Ruzicka was a Czech-American graphic artist and engraver. From the description of Designs for Harvard University, 1951-1973. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612374439 Graphic artist and type-designer, Ruzicka (1883-1978) was born in Bohemia, emigrated to Chicago, where he trained as a wood engraver and designer; continued his studies in New York. During the 1930s he collaborated with Philip Hofer on a number of projects, including a series of engravings for Harvard...

Borzoi books.

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Reiner, Imre, 1900-1987

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Jones, Neal T.

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Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609

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Eichenauer, Gustav

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Chappell, John Taylor, 1845-1915.

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Lewis, Allen, 1873-1957

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American wood engraver & type designer. From the description of Allen Lewis papers, [ca.1925-1945]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 609578406 Allen Lewis was born April 7, 1873 in Mobile, Alabama to Seth Francis and Ida L. Lewis. Lewis was educated in public schools and later studied at the Buffalo Art Students League under George Bridgman. In September 1894 Lewis began studying art at Ecole des Beaux Arts. After returning to the United...

Standard, Paul, 1896-1992

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Koch, Rudolf, 1876-1934

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Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)

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Hamill, Alfred E. (Alfred Ernest), 1884-1953

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Chicago businessman and book collector. Alfred Ernest Hamill, a Chicago investment banker, was the founder of the Centaurs Press in Lake Forest, Illinois. He was a trustee of the Newberry Library, serving as President of the Trustees from 1930 until his death in 1953. A distinguished collector, he bequeathed his calligraphy collection and his gypsy lore materials to the Newberry, and established the Alfred E. Hamill Fund for the purchase of rare books and manuscripts. ...

Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991

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American illustrator, type founder. From the description of Watercolor by Warren Chappell "Longnose the Dwarf" [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870994 From the description of Manuscript books illustrated by Chappell [manuscript], 1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647870967 From the description of Illustrated letters [manuscript], 1975-1983. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647846181 Type desi...

Updike, John

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Chappell, Samuel Michael.

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Cattermole, George, 1800-1868

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to H. Collins, [no year] May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270876640 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Coleridge, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270876642 George Cattermole, English watercolor painter and illustrator. From the description of George Cattermole manuscript material : 1 item [ca. late 1830's-1840's] (New York Public Library). Wo...

Conca, Sebastiano, 1680-1764

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Held, Julius S. (Julius Samuel), 1905-2002

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The American art historian Julius Samuel Held (1905-2002) was renowned for his scholarship in 16th- and 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art, and an authority on the works of Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Rembrandt. Educated in pre-war Germany, Held emigrated in 1934 to the United States where he pursued an academic career at Barnard College, Columbia University. Held also lectured and taught at other colleges and art institutions in the United States. From the description o...

Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988

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Harwerth, Willi, 1894-1982

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Kredel, Fritz, 1900-1973

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Fritz Kredel was a renowned and versatile illustrator and artist. He found early success in Germany, culminating in a Gold medal for Book Illustration at the 1937 Paris World Exposition. His success continued in the United States, where he illustrated a book written by Eleanor Roosevelt, and later was commissioned to design a woodcut of the Presidential Seal for John F. Kennedy's inauguration. Diverse and prolific, Kredel's illustrations are whimsical, detailed, and individual. From ...

Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952

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Battestin, Martin C.

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Solimena, Francesco, 1657-1747

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Steiner, Hugo.

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Jones, Howard Mumford, 1892-1980

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Jones was a Professor of English at Harvard, having joined the department in 1936; he retired in 1962 as Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of the Humanities. He was known as the "historian of American culture." From the description of Correspondence with Robert E. L. Strider, 1949-1980 (inclusive), 1962-1979 (bulk) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064254 Writer and educator at Harvard University. From the description of Howard Mumford Jones Papers, 1915...