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Creator:

Anthony, Alfred Williams, 1860-1939  Search this

Names:

National Arts Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911  Search this

Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941  Search this

Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914  Search this

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936  Search this

Brenner, Victor David, 1871-1924  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900  Search this

Coffin, William A. (William Anderson), 1855-1925  Search this

Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848  Search this

Cole, Timothy, 1852-1931  Search this

Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948  Search this

Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 1813-1892  Search this

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888  Search this

Dielman, Frederick, 1847-1935  Search this

Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852  Search this

Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865  Search this

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931  Search this

Gifford, Sanford Robinson, 1823-1880  Search this

Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858  Search this

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910  Search this

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this

Isham, Norman Morrison, 1864-1943  Search this

La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this

Leavitt, Edward C., d. 1904  Search this

Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897  Search this

Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891  Search this

Low, Will Hicok, 1853-1932  Search this

McEntee, Jervis, 1828-1891  Search this

Mills, John Harrison, 1842-1916  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872  Search this

Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902  Search this

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937  Search this

Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904  Search this

Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873  Search this

Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911  Search this

Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872  Search this

Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907  Search this

Sartain, John, 1808-1897  Search this

Smillie, George Frederick Cumming, 1854-1924  Search this

Smith, Francis Hopkinson, 1838-1915  Search this

Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878  Search this

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this

Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871  Search this

Volk, Douglas , 1856-1935  Search this

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910  Search this

Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916  Search this

Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889  Search this

Extent:

2 Microfilm reels (partial microfilm reels)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

circa1880-1930

Scope and Contents:

The microfilmed Alfred Williams Anthony papers contain letters, autographs, biographical data, and miscellaneous material collected by Anthony about 19th century artists.

Artists represented in the collection include: Edwin A. Abbey, Ernest Albert, Elizabeth A. Allen, Daniel C. Beard, Frank Beard, Samuel G. W. Benjamin, Albert Bierstadt, Nathaniel Blaisdell, Edwin H. Blashfield, Evangeline Blashfield, Charles W. Bolton, Victor D. Brenner, Sydney & Mrs. Burleigh, William M. Chase, Frederic E. Church, Harry Cochrane, William A. Coffin, Timothy Cole, Thomas Cole, Royal Cortissoz, Palmer Cox, Christopher Cranch, Felix O. C. Darley, Frederick Dellenbaugh, Frederick Dielman, Andrew J. Downing, Charles L. Eastlake, George W. Edwards, Daniel C. French, Edmund H. Garrett, Sanford R. Gifford, V. Gribayedoff, Henry W. Herbert, Elbert Hubbard, Daniel Huntington, Laurence Hutton, Ernest L. Ipshen, Norman W. Isham, F. Lynn Jenkins, John La Farge, Edward C. Leavitt, William J. Linton, Benson J. Lossing, Will H. Low, Jervis McEntee, George Merrill, John H. Mills, Thomas Moran, Samuel F.B. Morse, A. R. Mullen, Thomas Nast, National Arts Club, Wilbur F. Noyes,Frederick B. Opper, Mrs. Archie M. Palmer, Erastus D. Palmer, William F. Paris, Carl R. Parker, Hiram Powers, Howard Pyle, Thomas B. Read, Albert Rosenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, John Sartain, Walter Smedley, George F. C. Smillie, Francis H. Smith, Bayard Taylor, Col. Henry S. Taylor, John Trumbull, Henry T. Tuckerman, Union League Club, N.Y., D. B. Updike, Vasili Vereschagen, Charles Vezin, Douglas Volk, D. Everett Waid, John Q. A. Ward, Clara E. Waters, Robert W. Weir, J. Thomson Willing, Ellsworth Woodward, Mabel Woodward, William Woodward, and F. Hammond Wright.

Biographical / Historical:

Alfred Williams Anthony (1860-1939) was a theologian, author, and educator in Lewiston, Maine. He served in various roles for the General Conference of Freewill Baptists, the Maine chapter of the Religious Education Association, and the Committee on Goodwill between Jews and Christians. Anthony also served on the boards of trustees for Bates College, Hillsdale College, and Brown University.

Related Materials:

The New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts Division holds the Alfred Williams Anthony collection, 1679-1944. Bates College Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library holds the Alfred Williams Anthony papers, 1872-1996 and the Dressler family collection of Alfred Williams Anthony Papers, 1802-1985.

Provenance:

Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Educators -- Maine -- Lewiston  Search this

Theologians -- Maine  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.anthalfr

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fbd0fda8-8fc8-489b-81c5-ed2a3e13ff88

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-anthalfr

Creator:

Evans, William T., 1843-1918  Search this

Names:

American Watercolor Society  Search this

Salmagundi Club  Search this

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Brown, John George, 1831-1913  Search this

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900  Search this

Coffin, William A. (William Anderson), 1855-1925  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910  Search this

Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this

Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906  Search this

Nichols, Hobart, 1869-1962  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this

Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917  Search this

Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910  Search this

Extent:

0.01 Linear feet (ca. 900 items (on 3 micofilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1842-1969

Scope and Contents:

Printed material and letters to Evans from collectors, dealers, and artists. Letters discuss business matters including the Munich International Art Exposition 1883, the American Watercolor Society, the Salmagundi Club, the Lotos Club, and Evans loaning work from his private collection for exhibitions, requests from artists wanting Evans to comment on and handle their work, thank you notes and invitations to openings and dinners. Significant correspondents include George Inness, Childe Hassam, Thomas W. Dewing, Worthington Whittredge, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Frederic Edwin Church, Joseph Pennell, Albert Bierstadt, Winslow Homer, Rembrandt Peale, Hobart Nichols, John George Brown, William A. Coffin and Eastman Johnson.

Biographical / Historical:

Art patron and collector. Born in Ireland, he came to the United States as a child. He gave collections of paintings to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and the Montclair Museum.

Provenance:

Letters on reels 4054-4055 were lent to the Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, National Collection of Fine Arts in 1970 by Robert Price who acquired them along with paintings from Evans' estate and elsewhere. They were photocopied and the copies were given to the NCFA-PG Librarian, who transferred them to the Archives of American Art in 1979. In 1988 the copies were microfilmed by the Archives and discarded. The original letter on reel 2804 was transfered from NMAA, 1981.

Restrictions:

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.

Occupation:

Art patrons  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.evanwill

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91f59aec2-ef2e-402b-9334-5184292a7ac4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-evanwill

Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

Yosemite National Park (Calif.)

Date:

1860-1900

Summary:

This small collection measures 0.2 linear feet and comprises 13 letters written by renowned Hudson River School landscape painter Albert Bierstadt between 1860 and 1900. The majority of the letters were penned in the last two decades of his life and discuss his painting, the inspiration he found in nature, his studio, and concerns relating to commissions and finances.

Scope and Content Note:

This small collection measures 0.2 linear feet and comprises 13 letters written by renowned Hudson River School landscape painter Albert Bierstadt between 1860 and 1900. The majority of the letters were penned in the last two decades of his life.

Bierstadt writes specifically of his work in several of the letters and refers to two paintings, Laramie Peak and The Jungfrau. In one letter he writes of the inspiration he finds in nature through his love of the mountains. Bierstadt invites friends to his studio in New York City, mentions a trip to Yosemite in the 1870s and writes letters of introduction on behalf of friends. Two of the letters concern commissions and discuss financial matters.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection, items are arranged as one chronological series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Albert Bierstadt Letters, 1860-1900 (Box 1; 13 items)

Biographical Note:

Albert Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany, in January 1830. His family emigrated to the United States when he was two years of age and settled in Bedford, Massachusetts.

In 1853 Bierstadt traveled to Germany to study painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. In 1858, following his return to the United States, he gained national attention for organizing a large exhibition of paintings including fifteen of his own works. Bierstadt drew inspiration from the painters of the Hudson River School, and regularly visited the White Mountains of New Hampshire to make sketches for his landscape paintings.

In 1859 Bierstadt traveled to the Colorado and Wyoming territories sketching landscapes in the company of a United States government survey expedition. On his return he took studio space at the new Tenth Street Studio Building in New York City and began a series of large-scale western landscape paintings, including Yosemite Valley and Thunderstorm in the Rocky Mountains. These paintings, known for their theatrical and romantic depiction of the grandeur and drama of the American West, brought Bierstadt great popularity during the 1860s.

Bierstadt's paintings were widely exhibited in the United States and abroad and commanded some of the highest prices in American art at the time, although his reputation began to decline somewhat in the 1880s in the face of changing public tastes.

Bierstadt was a member of the Century Association from 1862-1902 and a member of the National Academy of Design from 1860 until his death in 1902.

Related Material:

Also found at the Archives of American Art are the Robert Neuhaus papers concerning Clyfford Still and Albert Bierstadt, 1884-1984 (bulk 1941-1984). A circa 1875 photograph of Bierstadt by Bierstadt Brothers given to the Archives by an unknown donor is available in the Archives of American Art's Photographs of Artists Collection I and online.

Provenance:

The collection was acquired by the Archives of American Art in a series of accessions between 1955 and 2001. Six letters were donated by Charles Feinberg in 1955-1957; one letter was donated by Letitia Howe in 1976; one letter was donated by Mrs. Miles Reber, grandaughter-in-law of General Nelson in 1976; two letters were purchased from Charles Hamilton Autographs in 1956; one letter was purchased from Steele in 1956; and one letter was purchased from Scott J. Winslow Associates in 2001.

Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Topic:

Art -- Economic aspects  Search this

Hudson River school of landscape painting  Search this

Landscape painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Function:

Artists' studios -- New York (State)

Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

Identifier:

AAA.bieralbe

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw903cf81d4-1aef-4bbf-9058-19a91b067cb9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bieralbe

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Extent:

1 Folder (Box 1)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1860-1900

Scope and Contents note:

In these 13 unrelated letters written by renowned Hudson River School landscape painter Albert Bierstadt between 1860 and 1900, Bierstadt writes specifically of his work in several of the letters and refers to two paintings, Laramie Peak and The Jungfrau. He writes of the inspiration he finds in nature through his love of the mountains. Bierstadt invites friends to his studio in New York City, mentions a trip to Yosemite in the 1870s and writes letters of introduction on behalf of friends. Two of the letters concern commissions and discuss financial matters.

Arrangement note:

Letters are arranged chronologically.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

Identifier:

AAA.bieralbe, Series 1

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98924df54-9c25-4502-bd6f-0ac33047ef92

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref14

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1860, January 20

Scope and Contents note:

Concerns purchasing color and beginning to paint Laramie Peak.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fb4980e2-39d0-4209-a60c-552eee849066

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref15

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1873, June 12

Scope and Contents note:

Concerns Whitney's being replaced on an irrigation committee by Mr. King. Bierstadt mentions that he is going to Yosemite and invites Whitney to join him.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9284e839c-d393-439e-b784-54d75ef187b0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref17

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1880s

Scope and Contents note:

Bierstadt sends an invitation to a meeting at his Tenth Street studio.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9044263a0-0b74-46f7-a436-d841f5d61930

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref19

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1880s, June 14

Scope and Contents note:

Inquiry written on behalf of a "quite destitute" artist, John Irving, and his family, asking Coffin if he knows of a furnished apartment available for the family.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a0bb8682-5059-4fcd-a6f9-25bd554d09fa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref21

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Extent:

(includes transcript)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1880, June 16

Scope and Contents note:

Bierstadt writes from New York City, describing the opportunities available to art students in the city.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection

Albert Bierstadt letter collection / Series 1: Albert Bierstadt Letters

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a639ff47-ab56-447e-a9ed-6f101a9de8d9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref23

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 6

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1884, December 1

Scope and Contents note:

Concerns a commission.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94fe1c4cb-f11a-4aa5-aa57-9844ac2c7fb6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref25

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 7

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1887, April 8

Scope and Contents note:

Bierstadt invites her brother, and any of her friends, to visit him at his studio.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection

Albert Bierstadt letter collection / Series 1: Albert Bierstadt Letters

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a5d326f8-95c2-40e2-bc60-a031d734ad53

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref27

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Extent:

(includes transcript)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 8

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1887, November 20

Scope and Contents note:

Letter conveys the the gift of a fragment salvaged when breaking up a piece of quartz that suggested to Bierstadt "a scarf pin for some good fellow." Bierstadt writes to Stedman of the "glorious old mountains which have given me so much happiness" from which such a fragment came.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a8a2367c-45ee-4e4f-9507-e6e415e66bd2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref29

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 9

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1887, December 23

Scope and Contents note:

Bierstadt introduces David Wallace.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection

Albert Bierstadt letter collection / Series 1: Albert Bierstadt Letters

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95c58764a-05e4-45c9-954a-1bc529404785

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref31

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Extent:

(handwritten copy)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 10

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1888, June 28

Scope and Contents note:

Discusses commissions that may result from the fact that Bierstadt has "spent much time and money on the matters referred to in your letter."

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection / Series 1: Albert Bierstadt Letters

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Archives of American Art

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a606f7cf-39d5-48cf-809c-bb9ef6f91628

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref33

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 11

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1892, October 6

Scope and Contents note:

Bierstadt states that he is happy to show Mr. Adams's friend "the new motor."

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection

Albert Bierstadt letter collection / Series 1: Albert Bierstadt Letters

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99a424961-4a3f-4768-8ecf-a4be8874d21d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref35

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1893, March 7

Scope and Contents note:

Discusses financial matters.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection

Albert Bierstadt letter collection / Series 1: Albert Bierstadt Letters

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e78b2bd8-442f-4cfa-8b6e-3ca3a776b7e4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref37

Collection Creator:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Extent:

(photocopy)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 13

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1900, January 6

Scope and Contents note:

Bierstadt informs General Miles that he is sending a small painting of a Swiss landscape, The Jungfrau, as a gift for the General's daughter on the occasion of her marriage.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Albert Bierstadt letter collection, 1860-1900. 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

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Albert Bierstadt letter collection

Albert Bierstadt letter collection / Series 1: Albert Bierstadt Letters

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9274d1fd7-490f-444b-bb09-8908de0799b5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bieralbe-ref39

Creator:

Read family  Search this

Names:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900  Search this

Fosdick, W. W. (William Whiteman), 1825-1862  Search this

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881  Search this

Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908  Search this

Knaus, Ludwig, 1829-1910  Search this

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882  Search this

Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873  Search this

Read, Harriet Denison Butler, 1837-1935  Search this

Read, Mary Alice, 1845-1870  Search this

Read, Mary Pratt, 1818-1855  Search this

Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872  Search this

Richards, T. Addison (Thomas Addison), 1820-1900  Search this

Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892  Search this

Sartain, John, 1808-1897  Search this

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888  Search this

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891  Search this

Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895  Search this

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892  Search this

Extent:

229 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1848-1935

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence between Read family members, Thomas Buchanan Read, Mary Pratt Read, Mary Alice Read, and Harriet Denison Butler Read, and notable military, literary, political, and artistic figures, particluarly of the 19th century. Correspondents include Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Edwin Church, William Whiteman Fosdick, Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, Ludwig Knaus, Hiram Powers, Thomas Addison Richards, Randolph Rogers, John Sartain, William Wetmore Story, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Philip Sheridan, James Garfield, and William Tecumseh Sherman, among others.

Biographical / Historical:

Thomas Buchanan Read was a poet, a portrait and history painter, and sometime sculptor, and worked in the U.S. and abroad.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1979 by Denison L. Burton.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Poets  Search this

Portrait painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.readread

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99262ecc1-862a-4343-934c-ede08df92be2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-readread

Creator:

Historical Society of Pennsylvania  Search this

Names:

Carey & Hart  Search this

Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911  Search this

Abbey, Mary Gertrude, d. 1931  Search this

Alexander, Archibald, 1772-1851  Search this

Allston, Washington, 1779-1843  Search this

Bayley, Frank W.  Search this

Beale, Pennel  Search this

Belcher, Wm. (William)  Search this

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Brodhead, Col  Search this

Burrell, B.  Search this

Carey, Edward L., 1806-1845  Search this

Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879  Search this

Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this

Ceracchi, Giuseppe, 1751-1801  Search this

Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889  Search this

Cheney, John, 1801-1885  Search this

Clarke, Miss  Search this

Claypoole, James, Sr., 1720-1796  Search this

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834  Search this

Cox, James, 1751-1834  Search this

Curren, Mr  Search this

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888  Search this

Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824  Search this

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808  Search this

Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824  Search this

Donnehue, Humphrey  Search this

Du Simitière, Pierre Eugène, ca. 1736-1784  Search this

Duane, William J. (William John), 1780-1865  Search this

Dunlap, William, 1766-1839  Search this

Eliot, S.  Search this

Elliott, James B.  Search this

Elwyn, Langdon, Mrs.  Search this

Fielding, Mantle, 1865-1941  Search this

Francis, John W. (John Wakefield), 1789-1861  Search this

Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944  Search this

Gillingham, Harrold E. (Harrold Edgar), 1864-1954  Search this

Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852  Search this

Harding, George, 1882-1959  Search this

Hayes, Charles P.  Search this

Hollingsworth, Levi, 1739-1824  Search this

Hosack, David, 1769-1835  Search this

Howell, Mr.  Search this

Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879  Search this

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this

Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this

Jackson, William  Search this

Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893  Search this

Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921  Search this

Kimball, Henry H. (Henry Hastings), b. 1835  Search this

Lambdin, James Reid, 1807-1889  Search this

Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891  Search this

Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903  Search this

Lippincott, J. B. (Joshua Ballinger), 1813-1886  Search this

Livermore, George, 1809-1865  Search this

Low, Will Hicok, 1853-1932  Search this

Madison, James, 1751-1836  Search this

Marchant, Edward Dalton, 1806-1887  Search this

Martin, John Hill, 1823-1906  Search this

McAllister, John A.  Search this

McMurtrie, James, fl. 1843-1864  Search this

Monaghan, James  Search this

Montgomery, John C., Mrs.  Search this

Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917  Search this

Murray, J.  Search this

Myers, Albert Cook, 1874-1960  Search this

Nathans, Isabella  Search this

Nathans, Rebecca  Search this

Neagle, John, 1796-1865  Search this

Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864  Search this

Ogden, C. S.  Search this

Otis, Bass, 1784-1861  Search this

Paca, John  Search this

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809  Search this

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this

Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870  Search this

Peale, James, 1789-1876  Search this

Peale, Mary Jane, 1827-1902  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885  Search this

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this

Penrose, Clement B. (Clement Biddle), 1832-1911  Search this

Piggot, Robert, 1795-1887  Search this

Randolph, Benjamin, 1737 or 8-1791  Search this

Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872  Search this

Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905  Search this

Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796  Search this

Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939  Search this

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this

Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895  Search this

Rush, William, 1756-1833  Search this

Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852  Search this

Sartain, John, 1808-1897  Search this

Schoff, Stephen Alonzo, 1818-1904  Search this

Schreiner, Jacob  Search this

Shrigley, James, 1814-1891  Search this

Smith, Russell, 1812-1896  Search this

Snowden, James Ross  Search this

Snyder, W. D.  Search this

Somerville, Dr.  Search this

Stanbridge, J. C.  Search this

Stephens, Charles H., 1855?-1931  Search this

Stone, Frederick D. (Frederick Dawson), 1841-1897  Search this

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Syng, Philip, 1703-1789  Search this

Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927  Search this

Troth, Henry, 1794-1842  Search this

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852  Search this

Vaux, Mr  Search this

Ward, Townsend, 1817?-1885  Search this

Wells, William Hill, 1769-1829  Search this

Wharton, Geo. M. (George Mifflin), 1808-1870  Search this

Wharton, Mr  Search this

Wharton, Thomas Kelah, 1814-1862  Search this

Williams, Henry, 1828-1893  Search this

Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867  Search this

Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813  Search this

Woodside, John Archibald, 1781-1852  Search this

Wright, Patience Lovell, 1725-1786  Search this

Wylie, Samuel B. (Samuel Brown), 1773-1852  Search this

Extent:

2 Reels (ca. 150 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reels

Date:

1760-1935

Scope and Contents:

Letters, mainly from artists, and documents selected from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's miscellaneous manuscript collection (Society Collection). Letters are to various people; 46 of them are to Townsend Ward and a few are to John A. McAllister, photographer. Many of the letters refer to paintings, portraits, commissions, and awards.

Writers of letters include: Edwin Austin Abbey, Mary Gertrude Abbey, F.W. Bayley, Albert Bierstadt, George Catlin, Joseph Ceracchi, John Gadsby Chapman, John Cheney, James Claypool, James Cox, F.O.C. Darley, Joseph Delaplaine, Humphrey Donnehue, William Dunlap, Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere, S. Eliot, Charles Fevret De Saint-Memin, Charles Dana Gibson, Harold Edgar Gillingham, Horatio Greenough, George Harding, Levi Hollingsworth, William Morris Hunt, Daniel Huntington, Henry Inman, Horatio Gates Jones, James Reid Lambdin, Will Hicok Low, Edward Dalton Marchant, William Henry Moody, John Neagle, Albert Newsam, Bass Otis, Thomas Paine, Charles Willson Peale, Franklin Peale, James Peale, Jr., Mary Jane Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Titian Ramsay Peale, Joseph Pennell, Clement Penrose, Robert Piggot, Thomas Buchanan Read, William Trost Richards, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, Peter Frederick Rothermel, William Rush, John Sartain, Stephen Alonzo Schooff (to Townsend Ward), Russell Smith, Charles H. Stephens, Thomas Sully, Philip Syng, John Vanderlyn, N.P. Willis, Alexander Wilson and Patience Wright.

Among the recipients of letters are Archibald Alexander, David S. Brown, William Belcher, Col. Brodhead, B. Burrell, Carey & Hart, Edward L. Carey, Henry C. Carey, Miss Clarke, Mr. Curren, Joseph Delaplaine, John Dickinson, Dr. Dickson, William Dillwyn, William Duane, James B. Elliott, Mrs. Langdon Elwyn, Mantle(?) Fielding, John W. Francis, Charles P. Hayes, David Hosack, Mr. Howell, Major William Jackson, Horatio Gates Jones, John W. Jordan, H.H. Kjmball, C.G. Leland, Joseph Leidy, J.B. Lippincott, George Livermore, James Madison, J. Hill Martin, John McAllister, James McMurtrie, James Monaghan, J. Murray, Albert Cook Myers, Rebecca and Isabella Nathans, John Neagle, C.S. Ogden, John Paca, Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, David Rittenhouse, Albert Rosenthal, John Sartain, Jacob Schreiner, James Shrigley, James Ross Snowden, W.D. Snyder, Dr. Sommerville, J.C. Stanbridge, F.D. Stone, Henry Troth, Mr. Vaux, Townsend Ward, William Hill Wells, G.M. Wharton, Thomas Wharton, Henry J. Williams, and Samuel B. Wylie.

Other items include a sonnet of S.T. Coleridge by Washington Allston; business card of Pennel Beale; catalog of medals and coins of silver in the possession of Hon. John Smith compiled by Du Simitière, 1772; printed address by Mrs. John C. Montgomery soliciting donations for the repair of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, destroyed by fire, 1845; William Morris Hunt's admission ticket to Peale's Museum, 1836, stating his height and weight; description of objects on display at the Peale Museum, 1820; a photograph and business card of Benjamin Randolph; invitations and notes to Gilbert Stuart; typescript by Frank H. Taylor on lithography, 1923; subscription book for engravings of paintings by John Trumbull; and a page from John Archibald Woodside's daybook, 1802-1803.

Provenance:

Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Art, Modern -- 17th-18th centuries -- United States  Search this

Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.histsopa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e77b943a-266e-4a06-a6b8-eaf8b5c4139d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-histsopa

Creator:

Gifford, Sanford Robinson, 1823-1880  Search this

Names:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910  Search this

Extent:

0.9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Place:

Europe -- description and travel

Egypt -- description and travel

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Date:

1840s-1900

circa 1960s-1970s

Summary:

The papers of landscape painter Sanford Robinson Gifford, date from the 1840s through 1900, and circa 1960s-1970s. The bulk of the papers fall between 1855-1881; material from the circa 1960s-1970s consists of photographic copy prints for which the Archives does not have the originals. The small collection measures 0.9 linear feet of scattered documentation of Gifford's life, primarily extensive biographical accounts of his travels in the mid 1850s and late 1860s in the form of bound letters to his father. These serve as detailed journals of his impressions of Europe and the Middle East, the development of his painting, and his relationships with other artists such as Albert Bierstadt and Worthington Whittredge. The collection also contains sketches by Gifford, printed material including catalogs of Gifford's paintings, and photographs of Gifford and others.

Scope and Content Note:

The collection dates from the 1840s through 1900, and circa 1960s-1970s with the bulk of the material falling between 1855-1881. Material from circa 1960s-1970s consists of photographic copy prints of original photographs from the mid to late 1800s for which the Archives does not own the originals. The papers measure 0.9 linear feet and provide detailed documentation of the life of Hudson River School landscape painter, Sanford Robinson Gifford, during the mid 1850s and late 1860s. The papers contain extensive accounts of Gifford's travels in 3 bound volumes of typewritten letters from Gifford to his father. These letters serve as travel journals and provide extensive and vivid descriptions of Gifford's work and experiences in Europe and the Middle East, and document his relationships with a variety of other artists, including Alfred Bierstadt and Worthington Whittredge, during this period.

Additional records provide scattered documenation of other periods of Gifford's life. Letters refer to his travels in the American west and his Civil War service and its effect on his painting. Printed material includes clippings and exhibition catalogs, and includes a catalogue of his paintings published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1881. Artwork by Gifford includes sketches by the artist and prints, engravings and paintings by various others. Original photographs date from 1856-1900 and include images of Gifford during the Civil War. Copyprints for which the Archives does not own the originals date from the circa 1960s-1970s and include two images of a family home in Hudson, New York, where Gifford had a studio in the mid 1860s, a portrait photograph of Gifford, and an image of Gifford on the Hayden expedition.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 4 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Letters, 1855-1874 (Box 1; 3 volumes, 1 folder)

Series 2: Printed Material, circa 1850s-1881 (Box 2; 4 folders)

Series 3: Artwork, circa 1840s-circa 1870s (Box 2, OV 3; 4 folders)

Series 4: Photographs and Copy Prints, 1856-circa 1900, circa 1960s-1970s (Box 2, 5, OV 4; 11 folders)

Biographical Note:

Sanford Robinson Gifford was born in Greenfield, New York, in 1823. He attended Brown University from 1842-1844 and moved to New York City in 1845 where he studied drawing, perspective and anatomy under the direction of the British watercolorist and drawing-master, John R. Smith. He also studied the human figure in anatomy classes at the Crosby Street Medical college and took drawing classes at the National Academy of Design. In 1846 he visited the Berkshire Hills and the Catskill Mountains, sketching from nature. "These studies," he wrote to O. B. Frothingham in 1874, "together with the great admiration I felt for the works of Cole developed a strong interest in landscape art, and opened my eyes to a keener perception and more intelligent enjoyment of nature. Having once enjoyed the absolute freedom of the landscape painters life I was unable to return to portrait painting."

The American Art Union bought and showed some of Gifford's first pictures in 1847. In 1851 he was elected an associate, and in 1854 an academician, of the National Academy of Design.

Gifford traveled widely to sketch landscapes for future paintings, recording his experiences in letters to his father which he intended would "serve the double purpose of letter and journal, and be an economy of time." He requested that his father number the letters sequentially and keep them together.

In the summer of 1855 Gifford visited England, Scotland and Paris, where he spent the winter of 1855 transforming his English and Scottish sketches into paintings. In the fall of 1856 he rented a studio in Rome and, over the course of the winter, painted pictures that reportedly pleased him "pretty well," including Lake Nemi. During the spring of 1857, Gifford spent time with fellow artists Worthington Whittredge, William H. Beard and Albert Bierstadt before leaving Rome in May with Bierstadt for a walking tour of southern Italy, where they planned to reconnect with Whittredge and Beard. Gifford ended his European tour with a visits to Innsbruck, Munich, Vienna, Prague, Dresden, Berlin and Paris, before returning to the United States at the end of the summer.

On his return Gifford rented studio Number 19 in the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York City, which he retained until his death. Over the next few years he also made frequent summer trips to various northeastern locales including the Catskills, the Adirondacks, the Green Mountains in Vermont, the White Mountains in New Hampshire, Maine and Nova Scotia.

Gifford served in New York's Seventh Regiment when it marched to the defense of Washington in April 1861, and again in 1862 and 1863. Several paintings resulted from this experience, including Sunday Morning at Camp Cameron (1861), Bivouac of the Seventh Regiment at Arlington Heights, Virginia (1861) and Camp of the Seventh Regiment, near Frederick, Maryland, in July 1863 (1864).

In 1868 Gifford returned to Europe, again visiting London and Paris, where he met with friends Jervis McEntee and his wife. He then spent the summer visiting the Alps and Sicily before wintering in Rome. In 1869 he traveled to Egypt where he and a small party hired a boat to take them on a two-month voyage from Cairo down the Nile River. Subsequently, Gifford traveled to the Middle East with Alfred Craven via the Suez Canal, where his itinerary included Syria, Jerusalem, Samaria, Damascus, Greece and Turkey. Gifford arrived in Venice in June 1869 and sailed for the United States at the beginning of September.

In 1870 Gifford visited Colorado with Worthington Whittredge and John Frederick Kensett, and accompanied a United States Geological party under Dr. Hayden in the exploration of Wyoming, Utah, and the Colorado Territories. In the summer of 1873 he visited California, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska.

Gifford married in 1877 but in 1880 became ill and died of malarial fever and pneumonia at the age of 58. That same year he was honored with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's first monographic retrospective and a memorial catalogue of his known pictures.

Related Material:

Five sketchbooks were loaned by Vassar College in 1966 and the originals were returned to the donor after microfilming on reel D254.

Separated Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reels D254 and 688) including twenty-one sketchbooks, photographs, passports and certificates, an 1888 European travel diary of Mary Louise Willard, wife of Gifford's nephew, Harold, and a 1966 letter. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Edith Wilkinson first donated the Sanford Robinson Gifford papers in 1955 and 1957. James C. Gifford donated copy prints of photographs in 1964. Five sketchbooks were lent for microfilming by the Vassar College Art Library in 1966 and George and Frances Gifford Cummings donated additional material in 1973. In 1974, sixteen sketchbooks, photographs, and other materials were lent for microfilming by Dr. Sanford Gifford, Gifford's great-nephew.

Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Landscape painters -- New York (State)  Search this

Hudson River school of landscape painting  Search this

Landscape painting -- 19th century -- New York (State)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Sanford Robinson Gifford papers, 1840s-1900, circa 1960s-1970s. 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

Identifier:

AAA.giffsanf

See more items in:

Sanford Robinson Gifford papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw948af2acf-99f6-4446-9709-5a8ed7654688

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-giffsanf