Letter : Philadelphia, to Calvin Terry, Enfield, 1835 June 4.

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Letter : Philadelphia, to Calvin Terry, Enfield, 1835 June 4.

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This detailed letter from Luther Terry to his brother in Connecticut describes his life in Philadelphia and work as a portrait painter there. Terry mentions the work he is doing on a portrait of the elderly widow of a former governor of New York, and that he obtained the commission because of the success of his portrait of a Mr. Whitman. He also talks about the British painter C.R. Leslie.

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Terry, Luther, 1813-1869.

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American painter. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to Calvin Terry, Enfield, 1835 June 4. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80564415 ...

Terry, Calvin.

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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859

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Epithet: RA; of Add MS 42576 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000270.0x00034a Anglo-American painter. From the description of ALsS : 1814-1852. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617150 British painter. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1829-1858. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81331228 Epithet: RA; of Egerton MS 2075 ...