Society of Artists of the United States Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
4 Items, partial microfilm reels
Access Note / Rights:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
REEL P45: Minutes from the Board of Fellows, 1810-1816; and minutes of the Society, 1810-1817, including a constitution, an act of incorporation, and plans for a proposed union with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
REEL P41: Announcement of the fourth annual exhibition, 1814, addressed to Mrs. C. Barnes, Springfield, and signed by Robert Mills, secretary.
REEL P63: Proposal to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts that the Society of Artists dissolve and become stockholders in the Academy; minutes of the Academy, Feb. 12, 1820, conerning the proposal; and J. Binney's opinion read at a special meeting, May 15, 1820.
REEL 4236: Membership information including a members list, 1810, "Artist candidates to be elected Fellows of the Academy, 1810" and officers elected, 1819; and a clipping regarding society documents for sale.
Citation:
Columbian Society of Artists records, 1810-1849. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels P41 (fr. 379), P45 (fr. 289-380) and P63 (fr. 512-515, 528-529) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
35mm microfilm reel 4236 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Location of Originals:
Originals in: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Art society; Philadelphia, Pa. Est. as the Society of Artists of the United States in 1810. Name changed to the Columbian Society of Artists in 1814.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1955 and in 1989 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Search this
