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Blind Missouri, (painting)

Painter:
Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Gilcrease Museum 1400 North Gilcrease Museum Road Tulsa Oklahoma 74127-2100
Date:
19th c
Topic:
Ethnic  Search this
Portrait  Search this
State of Being--Disabled--Blind  Search this
Control number:
IAP 43590226
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_54604

North American Indians / George Catlin ; edited and with an introduction by Peter Matthiessen

Author:
Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this
Matthiessen, Peter  Search this
Physical description:
xxxiii, 522 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
West (U.S.)
Date:
1989
Call number:
N40.1.C36 A1n 1989
N40.1.C36A1n 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_414702

Black Hawk and Five Other Saukie Prisoners, (painting)

Title:
Black Hawk and Five Other Sauk and Fox Prisoners, (painting)
Painter:
Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this
Subject:
Black Hawk  Search this
Medium:
Oil on cardboard
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1965.16.95 (2053)
Date:
1861/1869
Topic:
Ethnic--Sauk & Fox  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
IAP 08600194
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_251382

Seminolee Indians, Prisoners at Fort Moultrie, (painting)

Title:
Seminole Indians, Prisoners at Fort Moultrie, (painting)
Painter:
Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this
Medium:
Oil on cardboard
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1965.16.118 (2076)
Date:
1861/1869
Topic:
Ethnic--Seminole  Search this
Figure group  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Architecture--Military--Fort Moultrie  Search this
Control number:
IAP 08600204
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_251392

Father Hennepin and Two Companions Made Prisoners by the Sioux, April 1680, (painting)

Painter:
Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this
Subject:
Hennepin, Louis  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1965.16.327 (2285)
Date:
1847/1848
Topic:
History--United States--Westward Expansion  Search this
Ethnic--Sioux  Search this
Occupation--Other--Explorer  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
IAP 08600379
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_251567

Chee-a-ex-e-co, a Euchee girl, daughter of Etch-ee-fix-e-co ("Euchee Jack")

Creator:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Euchee (Yuchi)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1838
Biographical / Historical:
By Catlin, January, 1838, Fort Moultrie, South Carolina.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.31939
Local Note:
Davidson Cat. 310. Not illustrated in Catlin.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Creek  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37c4522f7-8e81-4178-a67b-cf72926cb4ed
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref12049

Choctaw men: A; Mo-Sho-La-Tub-Bee or "He who puts out and kills" and B; Ha-tchoo-tuck-nee or "The snapping turtle"

Creator:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Names:
Pitchlynn, Peter (Choctaw)  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Choctaw  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Biographical / Historical:
Mo-sho-la-tub-bee was a famous Choctaw chief. Ha-tchoo-tuck-nee was a well educated informant. Also known as Peter Pitchlyn.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.1097 A B
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Restrictions:
All requests for Catlin's must go to N. C. F. A.
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3011ff664-50bd-430b-9644-64d3af0a046f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref7532

Choctaw man, Tul-lock-chish-ko or He who drinks the Juice of the Stone

Creator:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Choctaw  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
Tul-lock-chish-ko, he who drinks the juice of the stone. The most distinguished ball-player of the Choctaws; with ball-sticks in his hand, a tail, made of white horse-hair attached to his belt, and a "mane" of horse hair on his neck. Painted by George Catlin in 1836. Donaldson Number 299: page 212.

N. M. has negative of original painting: Number 42093 A.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.1101 A
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Restrictions:
All requests for Catlin's must go to N. C. F. A.
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b1f39450-f9c9-4d1b-aab9-3715a70a4ec5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref7533

The Ball Play

Creator:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Choctaw  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
Ball-play of the Choctaws; ball up; one party painted white; each side has two sticks, with a web at their ends, in which they catch the ball and throw it; they all have tails of horse-hair or quills attached to their girdles or belts. Painted by George Catlin in 1832. Donaldson Number 428, page 126.

9/67 - new N. C. F. A. Negative should be used: Ball-up= Negative 776-c. Ball-down= 647-c.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.1101 B 1
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Restrictions:
All requests for Catlin's must go to N. C. F. A.
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3df7006ef-ac6a-406c-9021-0bd3f8fddd62
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref7534

The Ball Play Dance

Creator:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Choctaw  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
9/67 - new N. C. F. A. Negative should be used: Ball-up= Negative 776-c. Ball-down= 647-c.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.1101 B 2
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Restrictions:
All requests for Catlin's must go to N. C. F. A.
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fdaef191-4229-4288-96b2-79fab498bcbe
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref7535

Eagle Dance of the Choctaws

Creator:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Choctaw  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.1101 C
Local Note:
Black and white copy negative
Restrictions:
All requests for Catlin's must go to N. C. F. A.
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33e689152-71e2-40bd-a12a-d810cff30dae
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref7536

Stee-cha-co-me-co, (The Great King) or Steeh-tcha-ko-me-co

Creator:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Names:
Perryman, Ben  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Culture:
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1836
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.1160 C
Local Note:
Also called Ben Perryman. Donaldson Cat. No. 288 (page 210) Catlin's Eight Years, Volume II, Plate 219. Stee-cha-co-me-co = Catlin spelling. Steeh-tcha-ko-me-co = Donaldson spelling.
Black and white copy negative
Restrictions:
All requests for Catlin paintings must go to N. C. F. A.
Topic:
Creek (Muskogee)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
See more items in:
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw373d1790b-ca31-4a5c-a099-452df9b9864b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-176-ref7636

John Reed Swanton photograph collection of illustrations for "The Indians of the Southeastern United States"

Creator:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958  Search this
Artist:
McKenney & Hall  Search this
De Batz, A.  Search this
Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588  Search this
Tidball, J. C.  Search this
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this
Names:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Le Page du Pratz, -1775  Search this
Romans, Bernard  Search this
Verelst, Willem (painter)  Search this
White, John (painter)  Search this
Extent:
80 Copy prints (circa)
Culture:
Catawba Indians  Search this
Alabama Indians  Search this
Atakapa  Search this
Cherokee  Search this
Chickasaw  Search this
Chitimacha  Search this
Choctaw  Search this
Coushatta (Koasati)  Search this
Houma  Search this
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Natchez  Search this
Seminole  Search this
Timucua (archaeological)  Search this
Tunica  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Copy prints
Paintings
Sketches
Photographs
Illustrations
Drawings
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Photographs used to illustrate John Reed Swanton's "The Indians of the Southeastern United States" depicting American Indians of the Southeast and their dwellings, food preparation, and ceremonies.
Biographical note:
John Reed Swanton (1873-1958) was an ethnologist and ethnohistorian with the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) from 1900 until his retirement in 1944. Swanton spent his first few years at the BAE studying the Haida and Tlingit groups of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and published a number of significant articles on the language, ethnography, and folklore of Northwest Coast Indians. His focus then shifted to the American Indians of the Southeastern United States, where his interest remained for the rest of his career. In addition to conducting ethnographic fieldwork in the Southeast, Swanton studied extensively the history of the area in order to better understand its indigenous cultures and is considered a pioneer in the field of ethnohistory. During his career Swanton published numerous articles and several major works on Southeastern American Indians, including the reference work The Indians of the Southeastern United States (1946), a Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin (No. 137).
Local Numbers:
NAA Photo Lot R87-2Q
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs published in BAE Bulletin 137 can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 80-39.

Photographs made by Swanton can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 76 and the BAE historical negatives.

The National Anthropological Archives hold more than 200 manuscripts created or collected by Swanton, in the Numbered Manuscripts.

Objects collected by Swanton, including potsherds from various sites in Southeastern United States can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accessions 111748, 113252, 122679, 129788, 165802, and 062577.
Contained in:
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology photograph collections, undated
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Copy prints in this collection that represent photographs not held by the National Anthropological Archives are for reference only.
Topic:
Dwellings  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Paintings
Sketches
Photographs
Illustrations
Drawings
Citation:
Photo Lot R87-2Q, John Reed Swanton photograph collection of illustrations for "The Indians of the Southeastern United States", National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.R87-2Q
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3cf240fa7-fc87-4519-af13-9b6fe4253942
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-r87-2q

Three Esquimaux, (painting)

Title:
Three Eskimos, (painting)
Painter:
Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this
Medium:
Oil on cardboard
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1965.16.168 (2126)
Date:
1855/1869
Topic:
Ethnic--Inuit  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
IAP 08600104
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_251292

George Catlin: artist file, [photographs]

Artist:
Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this
Physical description:
1 folder
Type:
Photograph
Artist files
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Image number:
VFM VF000570
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_137578

Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and conditions of the North American Indians By Geo. Catlin

Author:
Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this
Physical description:
2 volume front., plates, maps (1 folded) 25 cm
Type:
Portraits
Place:
West (U.S.)
West United States
Date:
1842
Topic:
Indians of North America--Portraits  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Indians of North America--Social life and customs  Search this
Indians of North America  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1034274

Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and conditions of the North American Indians; written during eight years' travel (1832-1839) amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America. With an introduction by Marjorie Halpin and over 250 photographic reproductions of paintings in the Catlin collection of the United States National Museum

Author:
Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this
Halpin, Marjorie  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
West (U.S.)
Date:
1973
1844
[1973]
Call number:
E77 .C38 1973X
N40.1.C36 A1 1973
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_32426

Joel Roberts Poinsett letters from artists

Creator:
Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851  Search this
Names:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889  Search this
Cogdell, John S. (John Stevens), 1778-1847  Search this
Herring, James, 1794-1867  Search this
Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869  Search this
Pettrich, Ferdinand, 1798-1872  Search this
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this
White, John Blake, 1781-1859  Search this
Extent:
17 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1824-1844
Scope and Contents:
Letters to Poinsett from: John S. Cogdell (Dec. 20, 1824 and Aug. 29, 1834); Thomas Sully (5- Dec. 27, 1825 - Apr. 20, 1828); James Herring (Sept. 21, 1837); James B. Longacre (July 10, 1838); John B. White (Mar. 10, 1839 and Apr. 1844); George Catlin (c. 1839 and Nov. 24, 1839); Ferdinand Pettrich (Jan. 6, 1840); and John G. Chapman (Feb. 4, 1841). Also included are a letter to Pettrich from P. O'Neill (Jan. 1, 1840), and from Herring to James Lawrenson (Jan. 27, 1839).
Biographical / Historical:
American agent to Latin America and Secretary of War in the Van Buren administration.
Provenance:
Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Selected for microfilming from the Joel Roberts Poinsett papers, 1785-1851 by Frances Lichten.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Identifier:
AAA.poinjoel
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw937e33193-45b8-4295-8778-63ca90c6414f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-poinjoel

Selected art related letters from Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Society Collection

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

Longacre family papers

Creator:
Longacre family  Search this
Names:
Bolton, Theodore, b. 1889  Search this
Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this
Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886  Search this
Herring, James, 1794-1867  Search this
Longacre, Andrew, 1831-1906  Search this
Longacre, Augusta M.  Search this
Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869  Search this
Longacre, Lydia E. (Lydia Eastwick), 1870-1951  Search this
Neagle, John, 1796-1865  Search this
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this
Extent:
9 Microfilm reels
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Microfilm reels
Sketchbooks
Place:
Egypt -- description and travel
Date:
[ca. 1810]-1952
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence, biographical and genealogical information, poems, notes, diaries, artwork, sketchbooks, photographs, business papers and printed material relating to the Longacre family, especially James Barton Longacre and Andrew Longacre.
REEL P1-P2: Correspondence and papers of James Barton Longacre, 1819-1857, mostly concerned with his position as engraver of the U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, and his publication THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS. Letters include correspondence with Asher B. Durand, James Herring, John Neagle, Thomas Sully and George Catlin. Additional material includes diaries, sketches and designs for coinage, a biography, autobiographical notes, and printed material.
REEL 986: Five sketchbooks, ca.1861-1894, of Reverend Andrew Longacre. Sketches depict landscapes, interiors, and monogram designs made in the United States, Europe, North Africa and the Near East. In addition there is a memoranda book kept by Longacre, ca. 1890.
REELS 1046-1048: Letters, including: correspondence between James and his wife; between James and Andrew during the Civil War; and Lydia Longacre's letters from Europe, 1899-1900; and letters from Theodore Bolton to Mrs. James M. Longacre about including James in his book, EARLY AMERICAN PORTRAIT DRAUGHTSMEN IN CRAYONS. Also included are biographical notes on James; an autobiography of Andrew; poetry and writings by James; accounts of a trip to Egypt by Andrew; financial documents relating to James; artwork; designs for coins and sketchbooks by James, Andrew and Lydia and material relating to an engraving of Charles Carroll by James.
REELS 1083 & 1050: Genealogical information on the Stiles and Longacre families; letters from Andrew to his father, James Barton Longacre, and his sister, Sallie, and other family members and friends; a copy of James Barton's 1825 diary; poems and compositions by Andrew; financial and business papers, 1898-1918; 28 photographs depicting portraits of James and Andrew, Lydia E. Longacre and her miniature paintings.
REEL 3091: Two engravings by James after paintings by Benjamin West and a letter from Augusta M. Longacre to Bolton regarding Bolton's biography of James.
Biographical / Historical:
Artists; Philadelphia and New York. James Barton Longacre was an engraver and portrait painter. Chief engraver at the U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, from 1844-1869. His engravings and portraits illustrate several books including THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS, and BIOGRAPHY OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. His son, Andrew Longacre was an engraver, watercolorist, and Methodist minister. His daughter, Lydia Longacre was a miniature painter, pupil of the Art Students League of New York, under Chase and Mowbray, and under Whistler in Paris.
Provenance:
Material on reels P1-P2 lent for microfilming by the Library Company of Philadelphia; Material on reel 986 lent 1975 by Fred Longacre; material on reels 1050 and 1083 lent 1975-1976 by Mrs. Andrew Longacre who also donated the material on reels 1046-1048 in 1982; material on reel 3091 donated 1981 by the NMAA-PG Library.
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:
Stipple engravers  Search this
Miniature painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Portrait painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Topic:
Coin design -- United States  Search this
Engraving, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this
Portrait painting, American  Search this
Portrait prints, American  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketchbooks
Identifier:
AAA.longlong
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9130a8ee5-ae6f-4edb-97fc-2595590921f1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-longlong

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