Collection, 1891-1966 (bulk 1939-1940).

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Collection, 1891-1966 (bulk 1939-1940).

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Material created and collected by Emma P. Avery Welcher in the process of research, primarily during 1939-40, on her grandfather, Samuel P. Avery. Includes correspondence with institutions and individuals, notes, and a photograph of Mrs. Samuel P. Avery with George Walter Vincent Smith. Also includes several letters from Avery to author Erastus Dow Palmer.

.25 linear ft.

Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives

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Welcher, Emma P. Avery.

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Smith, George Walter Vincent, 1832-1923

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Industrialist and art collector, of Springfield, Mass.; interested in Oriental, Near Eastern, and European decorative arts as well as American and Italian paintings and sculpture. From the description of Letters, 1882-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70958582 Industrialist and art collector, of Springfield, Mass. From the description of Letters, [19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960164 ...

Avery family.

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Samuel P. Avery (1822-1904), was an art dealer and collector in Hartford, Connecticut. His son, Samuel P. Avery, Jr. (1847-1920), was an important donor to the Brooklyn Museum. From the description of Collection, 1891-1966 (bulk 1939-1940). (Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives). WorldCat record id: 80637792 ...

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904

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American artist, connoisseur, and art dealer, born Mar. 17, 1822 in New York City; died there on Aug. 11, 1904. Avery began his career as an engraver on copper and wood, then established himself as an art dealer in 1865, making annual purchasing trips to Europe each year between 1871 and 1882. He personally knew many American and European artists, whose works he bought, sold and publicized. Avery's connoisseurship was responsible for the formation of numerous private art collections in New York,...

Welcher, Amy Ogden.

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Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904

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Sculptor. From the description of Letter of Erastus Dow Palmer, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454830 Erastus Dow Palmer was a self-taught sculptor from the state of New York. He had only six months of formal schooling before being apprenticed as a carpenter. Palmer's talents were evident at a young age. When he was 9 he built his own sawmill, and at 17, he left his hometown, Pompey, NY, for Amsterdam, NY, where he worked as a carpenter, wood carver, and cabinet make...

Brooklyn Museum of Art

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