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Summary:
23 photographs from an album of photographs taken on the Isles of Shoales, New Hampshire, compiled and captioned by an unidentified woman pictured in the album. Included are Childe Hassam painting, Mrs. Hassam, Celia Thaxter's house and garden, and J. Appleton Brown and his studio.
Citation:
Photograph album relatiing to Celia Thaxter and her circle on Appledore Island, Isle of Shoals, circa 1898-1900. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 4543 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan
Location of Originals:
Original album in the Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
The Isles of Shoals are a summer resort area off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, popular as a summer haven for artists and writers in the mid-late 1800s. Celia Thaxter, a painter, poet and writer of children's books had a cottage there and Childe Hassam made numerous paintings of her and her garden.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming by John Hutchinson, 1991, who purchased the album at a Portsmouth, N.H. flea market in 1980s. Hutchinson subsequently donated the album to the Boston Public Library.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Painting -- New Hampshire -- Isles of Shoales -- Photographs Search this
Artist colonies -- New Hampshire -- Isles of Shoales -- Photographs Search this
