Sketch club of American artists at Rome during the winter of 1844 & 5 [graphic] [Philibert Perraud]. 1845 Apr. 26.

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Sketch club of American artists at Rome during the winter of 1844 & 5 [graphic] [Philibert Perraud]. 1845 Apr. 26.

Photograph taken by Philibert Perraud, of thirteen painters and sculptors of an artists sketch club opened to Americans residing in Rome, Italy. Among the artists pictured are George A. Baker, William B. Chambers, James E. Freeman, Daniel Huntington, Louis Lang, Emanuel Leutze, George Champlain Mason, W.H. (William Henry) Powell, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, and Luther Terry. The photograph is identified on the verso, handwritten in pen in an unidentified hand: Sketch Club of American Artists at Rome during the winter of 1844 & 5 taken April 26, 1845 by Sig. Perraud for E. Leutz, D. Huntington, L. Terry, L. Lang, J. E. Freeman, W.B. Chambers, W.H. Powell, Bujac, Mason, Baker (Stephen), Baker, McClugh, T.P. Rossiter? /members absent H.K. Brown Sick / Wm Hunt gone to Greece"

1 photographic print : daguerreotype ; plate 8 x 11 cm., mounted on cardboard frame 13 x 16 cm.

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Freeman, James E. (James Edward), 1808-1884

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Terry, Luther, 1813-1869.

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Brown, Henry Kirke, 1814-1886

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Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871

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Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906

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Leutze, Emanuel, 1816-1868

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Painter Emanuel Leutze was born in Germany and emigrated to America in his youth. He became well-known regionally for his painting, especially portraits, and returned to Germany to paint and study from 1841 through 1859. He is remembered for historical, patriotic works, exemplified by his best known painting, Washington crossing the Delaware. From the description of Emanuel Leutze letter, ca. 1860-1868. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51851901 ...

Baker, George Augustus, 1821-1880

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Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879

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Powell, W. H. (William Henry), 1823-1879

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