Bricher, Alfred Thompson, 1837-1908 -- Photographs Search this
Extent:
19 Items
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sketchbooks
Date:
1860-1892
Scope and Contents:
REELS 911-912: 18 sketchbooks.
REEL 1817 (fr. 218-219): One photograph of Bricher seated outdoors painting, ca. 1880. Photographer unknown. Photographs is a copy print of a loan and cannot be scanned.
Biographical / Historical:
Marine and landscape painter; born in Portsmouth, N.H.; lived in Boston and New York; Associate of the National Academy of Design.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1975 by Alfred Ferguson Ingram. A copyprint of the photograph was made, and microfilmed with AAA's Photographs of Artists Collection II in 1980.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Letters to Gill from artists mostly concerning a fire in Gill's gallery; the receipt of checks; the sale of art works; and the return of unsold pieces.
REEL D8: Letters from George Loring Brown and Alfred Bricher.
REEL D9: Letter from W. S. (William Starbuck) Macy, regarding an incorrect title attributed to a painting on display.
REEL D10: Letters from George Elmer Browne, E. Ritchie Harrison, Edward C. Leavitt, Aaron Draper Shattuck, and George Henry Story.
REEL 2813: Letters from John Bunyan Bristol, Harry Chase, M. F. H. de Haas, H. A. Ferguson, Frederick W. Freer, Edward Gay, Charles X. Harris, William Hart, Jonathan Scott Hartley, Edward L. Henry, W. Ferdinand Macy, George Herbert McCord, Frank Knox Morton Rehn, William Trost Richards, Walter Satterlee, George H. Smillie, William Lewis Sonntag and F. Schuchardt.
Biographical / Historical:
Art dealer; Springfield, Massachusetts.
Provenance:
Letters on Reel 2813 purchased by Archives in 1967. Letters on Reel D8-D10 donated by Charles Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA.
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.
3 letters from Alfred Thompson Bricher (1 to his daughter Florence, 1 with sketch of St. Michael's Mount in England); newspaper clippings about Bricher and his career (including an obituary); magazine clippings of Bricher's wood engraved illustrations; exhibition catalogues of his works.
Biographical / Historical:
Collector; New York, N.Y. Bricher was a wood engraver.
Other Title:
Alfred Thompson Bricher papers (microfilm title).
Provenance:
Donated 1957 by John D. Preston.
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.
