Creator:

Beck, Walter, 1864-1954  Search this

Names:

Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Battalion, 43rd  Search this

Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916  Search this

Extent:

0.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Place:

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Date:

1913-1918

Scope and Contents:

Letters from John S. Mosby about Beck's painting of Mosby with his Civil War Cavalry unit, and a rough sketch of the painting; Beck's 1913 daily calendar; a collection of signatures; notes; Beck's World War I veterans pin; and a scrapbook of portraits of Civil War soldiers by Beck, comprising photographs and details on each work.

Biographical / Historical:

Walter Beck (1864-1954) was a portrait painter in Dayton, Ohio.

Provenance:

Transferred 1979 by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, who purchased Beck's Civil War portraits, and in 2015 by the Smithsonian American Art/ Portrtait Gallery Library.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Occupation:

Painters -- Ohio  Search this

Portrait painters -- Ohio  Search this

Topic:

World War, 1914-1918  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.beckotto

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cb34d86a-d42d-4904-9e25-ff470f826433

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-beckotto