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Summary:
Correspondence, subject files, photographs, an address list, and printed material relating to artist Junius Brutus Stearns compiled by Millard F. Rogers, Jr., an art historian who studied Sterns.
Correspondence is between Rogers and museums, dealers, and collectors whose holdings include Stearns' art. Subject files are on Stearns' art and Trenton Falls, New York and include printed material, photographs, and notes by Rogers and correspondence. Photographs are of Stearns' artwork. Also included is an address list of Stearns' residences in New York City and Brooklyn, 1838-84. Printed material includes a copy of Antiques Magazine, August 1970.
Citation:
Millard F. Rogers, Jr. research material relating to Junius Brutus Stearns, 1972-2008. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Millard F. Rogers was director of the Cincinnati Art Museum. After retirement he studied the life and works of Junius Brutus Stearns. Stearns (1810-1855) was a portrait and genre painter, New York, New York.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 2009 by Millard F. Rogers, Jr.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
