(Box 8, OV 13-16, rolled documents 17-19; 0.6 linear feet and 3 rolled documents)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1856-1874, undated
Scope and Contents note:
This series includes sketches and drawings in pencil, graphite, and pastel; oil paintings; and fine prints. Subjects are mostly portraits, although some classical subjects and a landscape drawing are also found. Most of the artwork is unsigned. A few of the drawings bear Page's handwriting and one is dated 1856. One drawing is signed C. Page and may be the work of Page's daughter Candace, who attended art school in the 1890s.
Sketches and drawings include finished drawings, rough sketches, and line drawings on tracing paper. Among the line drawings are copies of Titian and Page paintings and figure drawings which were published with Page's essay on proportion, "The Measure of Man." A number of the more finished drawings resemble photographic portraits in the Photographs series. Named subjects include Charlotte Cushman, Catherine Hayes, and the son of M.I. Bard. Other subjects recognizable from Page's photographs and paintings include Reuben Fenton, W.R. O'Donovan, a self-portrait of Page, and Titian.
Prints include an engraving of Page's painting "Farragut at Mobile," an untitled portrait by Page, and a lithograph showing a Shakespeare bust. Other prints include a print made and signed by A.B. Durand, prints of classical paintings by Rubens and Titian, and of paintings by Page's contemporaries. A large collection of Italian prints of anatomical drawings are also found.
A few of the drawings depict subjects in 20th century clothing and could not be William Page's work. Because so few of the works of art in this small series are identified by artist or by date, all items have been sorted by media and interfiled. Not all of the artwork has been digitized.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
William Page and Page Family papers, 1815-1947, bulk 1843-1892. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
