Lightner, Adam Mortimer, fl. 1838-1840 Search this
Place:
Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
2 Items, (on partial microfilm reel)
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Letters with typescript from Lightner to his uncle John C. Duchman and to his grandmother Duchman relating the struggles and the impressions of a young poor American artist living in Rome.
Citation:
Adam Mortimer Lightner letters, 1840 Jan.18-19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Typescripts: 35mm microfilm reel 3091 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Portrait painter from Lancaster, Pa. Was active from 1838-1840.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Albert Hise of the Massillon Museum came across the letters at a sale of the household effects of a family that came to Canton, Oh. from Lancaster, Penn. about 1900. In correspondence of the Archives of American Art, Hise writes "I am sorry I didn't buy the portrait of his [Lightner] grandmother as it sold for only 40.00 dollars and was a creditable piece of work--I hadn't read the letter or perhaps I would have." Only the typescripts have been microfilmed.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
