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Summary:
The Hart family photographs and clipping measure 0.02 linear feet and date from 1865-circa 1890s. The collection includes cartes-de-visite and cabinet photographs depicting James McDougal Hart (1865), Hart's wife Marie Theresa Hart, their daughters, Letitia and Marie Theresa, and a painting, as well as an undated clipping "A Woman Who Paints Women" from Metropolitan Magazine , concerning the work of Letitia and her sister Mary Theresa.
Citation:
Hart family photographs and clipping, 1865-circa 1890s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
The collection was digitized in 2023 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
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Biography Note:
James McDougal Hart, the younger brother of painter William Hart, worked as an apprentice to a coach and sign painter in Albany before he went abroad to study in Munich and Dusseldorf under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and others. He opened a studio in New York in 1857 and the following year was elected an associate of the National Academy. In 1859 he became an academician. He married amateur painter Marie Theresa Gorsuch in 1866, and their children Robert Gorsuch, Mary Theresa, and Letitia also became artists. Hart is associated with the Hudson River School, specializing in painting landscapes with cows and oxen.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1988 by Edward B. Sackett. Mrs. Seth C. Beach of Saginaw, Michigan, Sackett's great-grandmother, was a cousin of James McDougal Hart's aunt, Mrs. Robert J.S. Page of Flint, Michigan. Through these connections, the families were friendly. Sackett's grandfather visited the McDougals in Brooklyn and, over the years, photographs were exchanged.
Digitization Note:
This site provides access to the papers of Hart family Hart fam in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2023, and total 23 images.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
