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Creator:

Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1884 February 26

Citation:

George Henry Boughton. George Henry Boughton letter to unidentified recipient, 1884 February 26. Charles Henry Hart autograph collection, 1731-1918. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)6955

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Charles Henry Hart autograph collection, 1731-1918

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_6955

Creator:

McEntee, Jervis, 1828-1891  Search this

Names:

Century Association (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

National Academy of Design (U.S.)  Search this

Anthony, A. V. S. (Andrew Varick Stout), 1835-1906  Search this

Baker, George Augustus, 1821-1880  Search this

Bellows, Henry W. (Henry Whitney), 1814-1882  Search this

Boardman, Andrew  Search this

Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893  Search this

Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905  Search this

Butler, Benjamin F., 1830-1884  Search this

Casilear, John William, 1811-1893  Search this

Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell), 1814-1880  Search this

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900  Search this

Church, Isabel  Search this

Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 1823-1900  Search this

DeForest, H. G.  Search this

Derrenbacher, John  Search this

Donoho, J. R., Mrs  Search this

Gifford, Sanford Robinson, 1823-1880  Search this

Gray, Henry Peters, 1819-1877  Search this

Hart, William McDougal, 1823-1894  Search this

Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890  Search this

Hubbard, Richard William, 1816-1888  Search this

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this

Husted, James W.  Search this

Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this

Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906  Search this

Jourmans, E. L., Mrs  Search this

Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872  Search this

Lang, Louis, 1814-1893  Search this

McEntee, James S.  Search this

Meeks, Louisa B.  Search this

Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904  Search this

Sawyer, C. M.  Search this

Shumway, Henry Colton, 1807-1884  Search this

Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903  Search this

Stone, William O. (William Oliver), 1830-1875  Search this

Stribling, C. K.  Search this

Sykes, Charles W.  Search this

Thompson, Launt, 1833-1894  Search this

Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895  Search this

Von Glumer, Francisca  Search this

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910  Search this

Weir, John F. (John Ferguson), 1841-1926  Search this

Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910  Search this

Wickes, E. T.  Search this

Youmans, Kate  Search this

Zarnnhus, E. L.  Search this

Extent:

1.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries

Sketches

Place:

Lake George (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works

Lake Champlain (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works

Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)

Date:

1796

1848-1905

Summary:

The papers of Hudson River School painter Jervis McEntee measure 1.6 linear feet and date from 1796 and 1848 to 1905. Letters from close friends and family members to McEntee include many from his mentor Frederic Edwin Church, and fellow artists Samuel Putnam Avery, George Henry Boughton, Sanford Gifford, Richard Henry, Eastman Johnson, Elizabeth B. Stoddard, John Ferguson Weir, Worthington Whittredge, and others. Papers relating to the McEntee family include obituaries, a family genealogy, and letters from and regarding family members. There are also papers relating to the Vaux family (McEntee's brother-in-law's family) and American architect and landscape artist Calvert Vaux, who designed a studio for McEntee. Of special significance are five volumes of diaries dating from 1872 through 1890 which provide a detailed depiction of the American art world in the 1870s and 1880s.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of Hudson River School painter Jervis McEntee measure 1.6 linear feet and date from 1796 and 1850 to 1905. Letters from close friends and family members to McEntee include many from his mentor Frederic Edwin Church, and fellow artists Samuel Putnam Avery, George Henry Boughton, Sanford Gifford, Richard Henry, Eastman Johnson, Elizabeth B. Stoddard, John Ferguson Weir, Worthington Whittredge, and others. Papers relating to the McEntee family include obituaries, a family genealogy, and letters from and regarding family members. There are also papers relating to the Vaux family (McEntee's brother-in-law's family) and American architect and landscape artist Calvert Vaux, who designed a studio for McEntee. Of special significance are five volumes of diaries dating from 1872 through 1890 which provide a detailed depiction of the American art world in the 1870s and 1880s.

Arrangement:

The Jervis McEntee papers have been arranged into five series, based on material type.

Missing Title

Series 1: Letters, 1850-1905, undated (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 2: Vaux Family Letters and Correspondence, 1850-1890, undated (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 3: Third Party Letters, 1861-1873, undated (Box 2; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 4: Miscellany, 1796, 1848-1895, undated (Box 2; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 5: Diaries, 1872-1890 (Box 3-4; 0.6 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Jervis McEntee was born in Rondout, New York, July 14, 1828. He had early literary and artistic aspirations and studied under Frederic E. Church, who had himself studied under the Hudson River School master, Thomas Cole. McEntee was to maintain a close relationship with Church for the rest of his life. After an unsuccessful stint as a businessman, McEntee settled in New York in 1857 as one of the charter residents of Richard Morris Hunt's Tenth Street Studio Building. Since many of the other occupants were either bachelors or commuters, and since Mrs. McEntee was a lively, sympathetic hostess, the couple became the center of a spontaneous salon frequented by some of the best-known artists, writers, and actors of the time. After his wife died in 1878, McEntee stayed on, an increasingly neglected widower until his death in 1891.

McEntee was identified with the Hudson River School and an accomplished and sensitive painter of autumnal landscapes. He wrote in 1874, "Perhaps what would mark my work among that of my brother artists is a preference for the soberer phases Nature, the gray days of November and its leafless trees." McEntee stood at the center of the interlocking directorate formed by the National Academy of Design, the Century Club, and the Tenth Street Studio Building. In the latter part of the 19th century, these formed a supreme art establishment whose membership was composed of the old guard American artists, such as McEntee's close friends Eastman Johnson, Sanford Gifford, John Ferguson Weir, Worthington Whittredge, and Church, who were fighting an ultimately futile battle against the encroachment of European influences among both artists and collectors.

Separated Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel D9) including a diary dated June 12, 1851-August 17, 1851. This material was returned to the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York and is not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

The Adirondack Museum lent one diary for microfilming in 1964. The rest of the collection was acquired from several donors between 1959 and 1997. The noted collector Charles E. Feinberg donated letters in 1959 and, Mrs. Helen S. McEntee, who married the nephew of Jervis McEntee, donated the five volumes of diaries in 1964. William Gaffken, director of the insurance company that acquired the McEntee family insurance business, donated the remaining papers in 1997.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires and appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

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:

Artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

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

Hudson River school of landscape painting  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art, Modern -- 19th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Artists' studios  Search this

Bull Run (Va.), 1st Battle, 1861  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Sketches

Citation:

Jervis McEntee papers, 1796, 1848-1905. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.mcenjerv

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Jervis McEntee papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw967895335-2abd-4f15-9161-1ccceecc5b8f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mcenjerv

Creator:

Colman, Samuel, 1832-1920  Search this

Names:

Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905  Search this

Colman, William  Search this

Extent:

0.01 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Date:

1855-1901

Summary:

The papers of New York-based landscape painter Samuel Colman measure 0.01 linear feet and date from 1855 to 1901. The collection consists of 15 letters to his sister Mela, his brother-in-law Emerson Howard, and other family, dated 1855-1861; also one undated letter and one written in 1901 to Kate; and an undated letter of a descendant. Colman also writes of painter George H. Boughton, with whom he shared a studio and rooms. In addition there are 16 drawings and sketches, probably the work of several persons, and "The Death Song of a Cherokee Indian," written by William Colman in 1809.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of New York-based landscape painter Samuel Colman measure 0.01 linear feet and date from 1855 to 1901. The collection consists of 15 letters to his sister Mela, his brother-in-law Emerson Howard, and other family, dated 1855-1861; also one undated letter and one written in 1901 to Kate; and an undated letter of a descendant. In Colman's letters from France, he writes of life there, and expresses sentiments for the family. Colman also writes of painter George H. Boughton, with whom he shared a studio and rooms. In addition there are 16 drawings and sketches, probably the work of several persons, and "The Death Song of a Cherokee Indian," written by William Colman in 1809.

Arrangement:

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

Series 1: Samuel Colman Papers, 1855-1901 (Folder 1; 34 Items)

Biographical / Historical:

Samuel Colman (1832-1920) was a painter of landscape and genre subjects, etcher and watercolorist who was primarily based in New York City. He was born in Portland, Maine and studied in New York with Asher B. Durand, and abroad. Last name is alternatively spelled Coleman.

Provenance:

The Samuel Colman papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Mrs. David Prince, Colman's grandniece, in 1973.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to 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.

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 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.

Occupation:

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

Watercolorists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Citation:

Samuel Colman papers, 1855-1901. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.colmsamu

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Samuel Colman papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95fdf8732-09c8-4cb9-90c3-70da146f5a69

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-colmsamu

Creator:

Yewell, George Henry, 1830-1923  Search this

Names:

Baldwin, Albert H.  Search this

Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905  Search this

Coleman, Charles Caryl, 1840-1928  Search this

Davis, Charles Percy  Search this

Graham, William, 1832-1911  Search this

Green, Josiah  Search this

Grist, Franklin R. (Franklin Richard)  Search this

Hart, William McDougal, 1823-1894  Search this

Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890  Search this

Loop, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1831-1895  Search this

Pratt, Robert M., 1811-1880  Search this

Extent:

1 Reel (ca. 221 items (on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reels

Date:

1847-1973

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, diaries, sketchbooks, photographs, art works, writings, and printed material. Among the correspondents are Albert H. Baldwin, George H. Boughton, Charles Coleman, Charles Percy Davis, William Graham, Josiah Green, Franklin R. Grist, William M. Hart, Thomas Hicks, Henry A. Loop, and Robert M. Pratt.

Biographical / Historical:

Portrait painter, genre painter, and etcher; Iowa City, New York City, and Lake George, N.Y. Lived in Rome 1856-1878.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming by the University of Iowa, October 1981.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Etchers -- United States  Search this

Genre painters -- United States  Search this

Portrait painters -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Painting -- United States  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.yewegeor

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90eb77b57-0121-4b8c-a322-16a6ca63b0e4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-yewegeor

Collector:

Turkel, Pauline H.  Search this

Names:

Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905  Search this

Patterson, Charles Robert, 1878-1958  Search this

Extent:

0.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Two reproductions G.H. Boughton, "Pilgrim Exiles", photogravure; C.R. Patterson, Frigate "United States", color reproduction.

Provenance:

Donated 1958 by Pauline H. Turkel.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Identifier:

AAA.turkpaul

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9386ad5ee-3681-4e9e-a5e6-d6f8981813de

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-turkpaul

Creator:

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919  Search this

Names:

Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911  Search this

Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Foster, Ben, 1852-1926  Search this

Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934  Search this

Longfellow, Samuel, 1819-1892  Search this

Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912  Search this

Salisbury, Frank O., 1874-1962  Search this

Extent:

16 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1884-1936

Scope and Contents:

Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. Included are four from Edwin A. Abbey concerning the price of one of his paintings and accepting an invitation to visit, one from William M. Chase accepting an invitation, one from Ben Foster praising a portrait which Mr. Roche has painted of Mrs. Carnegie, two from F. D. Millet and two from Cass Gilbert accepting invitations, six from Frank O. Salisbury about a portrait Salisbury painted of Andrew Carnegie, one from Samuel Longfellow explaining that he mistakenly informed Carnegie that a watercolor was by Lord Elgin when in fact it was by Lord Dufferin, and one from George H. Boughton writing for a mutual friend.

Biographical / Historical:

Industrialist, philanthropist.

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:

Painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.carnandr

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9253d2c95-57f5-4dce-b4db-d30d874c2d3a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-carnandr

Creator:

Warren, George B.  Search this

Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872  Search this

Names:

Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905  Search this

Extent:

5 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1861-1894

bulk, 1893-1894

Scope and Contents:

A letter to Warren from Kensett, 1861, concerning pictures for an exhibition organized by Warren, and four letters from Boughton, 1893-1894, referring to illustrations Boughton did for Warren.

Provenance:

Purchased 1964 from Kingston Galleries by the Archives of American Art.

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:

Illustrators  Search this

Painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.warrgeob

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9138264f6-ec20-43e1-a09a-595be8ef170e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-warrgeob

Creator:

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

Names:

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Beard, W. H. (William Holbrook), 1824-1900  Search this

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905  Search this

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839  Search this

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900  Search this

Colman, Samuel, 1832-1920  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 1823-1900  Search this

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888  Search this

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931  Search this

Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852  Search this

Harding, Chester, 1792-1866  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this

Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872  Search this

Neagle, John, 1796-1865  Search this

Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865  Search this

Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

White, Stanford, 1853-1906  Search this

Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910  Search this

Extent:

0.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1794-1938

Summary:

The collection of artists' letters compiled by Mary and John McGuigan Jr. measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1794-1938. The collection is comprised of a group of letters, writings, and signed documents to and from a variety of artists, art administrators, art critics, historians, and art-related organizations assembled from multiple sources. It also includes associated printed material with some documents and a few photographs, including carte de visites and cabinet cards.

Scope and Contents:

The collection of artists' letters compiled by Mary and John McGuigan Jr. measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1794-1938. The collection is comprised of a group of letters, writings, and signed documents to and from a variety of artists, art administrators, art critics, historians, and art-related organizations assembled from multiple sources. It also includes associated printed material with some documents and a few photographs, including carte de visites and cabinet cards.

Item descriptions included in the container listing were provided by Mary and John McGuigan and illuminate the wide range of artists and types of material represented in the collection. While some of the letters document routine transactions such as responses to requests for information, and transmittals of autographs, others document specific artist commissions and projects, exhibition and financial arrangements, business relationships, family events, and travels. The collection includes documentation of portrait painters, including Chester Harding and Rembrandt Peale; nineteenth century landscape artists and artists of the Hudson River School including Albert Bierstadt, George Henry Boughton, Samuel Colman, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and George Inness; sculptors including Daniel Chester French whose letters include sixty-three letters to Charles Dupuy, the caretaker of French's summer home in Massachusetts; publishers such as Mathew Carey, in letters from John Neagle; and the activities of arts institutions such as the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

In addition to those mentioned above, letters and signed documents are from Washington Allston, William Holbrook Beard, Eugene Benson, William Tilden Blodgett, Jr., James Renwick Brevoort, Frederic Edwin Church, James Claghorn, John Singleton Copley, Kenyon Cox, F.O.C. Darley, Joseph DeCamp, Frank Duveneck, John Mackie Falconer, Horatio Greenough, Childe Hassam, Ignaz Michael Marcel Gaugengigl, George Healy, George Hollingsworth, William Morris Hunt, Daniel Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington, Henry Inman, Hugh Bolton Jones, Thomas Dow Jones, Louis Ashton Knight, Charles Robert Leslie, Will Low, Frederick William MacMonnies, Frank Blackwell Mayer, Samuel F. B. Morse, Erastus Dow Palmer, Rubens Peale, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Tobias (Toby) Edward Rosenthal, John Singer Sargent, George Henry Smillie, Marie Spartali Stillman, William James Stillman, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Charles Yardley Turner, Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk, William Walcutt, Henry Antonio Wenzler, Benjamin West, Stanford White, Worthington Whittredge, and others.

The collection also includes a friendship album belonging to William Tilden Blodgett, Jr., with poems, sketches, and botanical watercolors, eight photographs including carte de visites and cabinet cards with images of George Hollingsworth, Thomas Dow Jones, Louis Ashton Knight, Henry Antonio Wenzler, and William Walcutt, and two photographs of a model used by Francis Blackwell Mayer when painting The Burning of the Peggy Stewart.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 1 series.

Biographical / Historical:

Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. are art historians and collectors in Milford, Pennsylvania.

Provenance:

John F. McGuigan Jr. and Mary K. McGuigan purchased these letters and generously donated them to the Archives of American Art between 2000 and 2019. The McGuigans have purchased and donated additional archival materials to the Archives, including a portion of the Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers. In 2017 the McGuigans donated an addition to the Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers, including sixty-nine letters from A. Barry, Truman Howe Bartlett, William Merritt Chase, Timothy Cole, Edward Henry Clement, Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Robert Swain Gifford, George Inness, Anna Lea Merritt, Stephen Parrish, John Sartain, Francis Hopkinson Smith, and Frederic Porter Vinton.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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.

Occupation:

Arts administrators  Search this

Art critics  Search this

Artists  Search this

Historians  Search this

Citation:

Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. artists' letters collection, 1794-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.mcgumary

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Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. artists' letters collection

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw912b5c5be-6a69-4cb5-b8c2-6456e7226128

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mcgumary