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Creator:

Navas, Elizabeth S., 1885-1979  Search this

Names:

Wichita Art Museum  Search this

Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987  Search this

Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969  Search this

Brice, William, 1921-2008  Search this

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this

Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969  Search this

Callahan, Kenneth, 1905-1986  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Cowles, Russell, 1887-1979  Search this

Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946  Search this

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

De Creeft, José, 1884-1982  Search this

Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968  Search this

Dehner, Walt, 1898-  Search this

Demuth, Charles, 1883-1935  Search this

Dove, Arthur Garfield, 1880-1946  Search this

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916  Search this

Glackens, William J., 1870-1938  Search this

Gleitsmann, Raphael, 1910-  Search this

Grosz, George, 1893-1959  Search this

Heliker, John, 1909-2000  Search this

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910  Search this

Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967  Search this

James, Alexander, 1890-1946  Search this

Kinigstein, Jonah, 1923-  Search this

Kirsch, Frederick D. (Frederick Dwight), b. 1899  Search this

Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this

Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935  Search this

Lechay, James  Search this

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954  Search this

Mattson, Henry E. (Henry Elis), 1887-1971  Search this

Morris, Carl, 1911-1993  Search this

Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975  Search this

Moyer, Roy, 1921-2007  Search this

Murdock, Louise Caldwell, 1858-1915  Search this

Murdock, Roland P. -- Art collections  Search this

Oscar, Charles, 1923-  Search this

Penney, James, 1910-1982  Search this

Poor, Anne, 1918-  Search this

Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970  Search this

Pène Du Bois, Guy, 1884-1958  Search this

Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917  Search this

Schnakenberg, H. E. (Henry Ernest), 1892-1970  Search this

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this

Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965  Search this

Sloan, John, 1871-1951  Search this

Smith, Houghton Cranford, 1887-1983  Search this

Sparhawk-Jones, Elizabeth, 1885-1968  Search this

Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972  Search this

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Williamson, Clara McDonald, 1875-1976  Search this

Zerbe, Karl, 1903-1972  Search this

Zorach, William, 1887-1966  Search this

Extent:

0.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1939-1963

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, photographs, clippings, magazines and statements by 20th century artists on their works bought for the Roland P. Murdock Collection of the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, by Navas.

Artists represented include: Peggy Bacon, Louis Bouche, William Brice, Charles E. Burchfield, Paul Burlin, Kenneth Callahan, John S. Copley, Russell Cowles, John S. Curry, Stuart Davis, Jose de Creeft, Adolf Dehn, Walt Dehner, Charles Demuth, Arthur Dove, Guy Pène du Bois, Thomas Eakins, William Glackens, Raphael Gleitsmann, George Grosz, John E. Heliker, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Alexander R. James, Jonah Kinigstein, Frederick D. Kirsch, Walt Kuhn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Gaston Lachaise, James Lechay, John Marin, Reginald Marsh, Henry E. Mattson, Carl Morris, George L. K. Morris, Roy Moyer, Charles Oscar, James Penney, Anne Poor, Henry V. Poor, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Henry E. Schnakenberg, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, John Sloan, Houghton C. Smith, Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones, Franklin C. Watkins, Max Weber, Clara M. Williamson, Karl Zerbe, and William Zorach.

Biographical / Historical:

Elizabeth S. Navas (1885-1979) was an art collector and patron in New York City. Navas was designated to assemble the Roland P. Murdock Collection of the Wichita Art Museum under the terms of the will of her friend, Louise Caldwell Murdock (1858-1915), widow of Roland P. Murdock.

Provenance:

Donated 1963 by Elizabeth S. Navas.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Artists -- United States  Search this

Art patrons  Search this

Painters  Search this

Topic:

Art, American -- Kansas -- Witchita  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.navaeliz

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d7b37ccc-d6cd-4695-8168-4eb31cb7b6a9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-navaeliz

Author:

Frankenstein, Alfred V (Alfred Victor) 1906-1981  Search this

Physical description:

192 pages illustrations (part color), portraits 32 cm

Type:

Biography

Biographies

collective biographies

Place:

United States

États-Unis

Date:

1970

Topic:

Painters  Search this

Art--History  Search this

Artists--Biography  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Peintres  Search this

Call number:

N40.1.C78 F8

N40.1.C78F8

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_4665

Creator:

Spark, Victor D. (Victor David), 1898-1991  Search this

Names:

San Diego Arts Society  Search this

Berliner, Jacob, 1849-1918  Search this

Clonney, James Goodwyn, 1812-1867  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Engelhard, Charles W., Jr., 1917-1971  Search this

Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981  Search this

Grigaut, Hubert L.  Search this

Hardy, Charlotte  Search this

Hardy, Jeremiah Pearson, 1800-1889  Search this

Heade, Martin Johnson, 1819-1904  Search this

Lehman, Robert, 1892-1969  Search this

Medina, Leon  Search this

Moran, Ruth B.  Search this

Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924  Search this

Shinn, Everett, 1876-1953  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

22.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

circa 1830-1983

bulk 1930-1970

Summary:

The Victor D. Spark papers measure 22.2 linear feet and date from circa 1830 to 1983, with the bulk of the material from 1930 to 1970. The papers document Spark's career as a New York City art dealer and appraiser who was most active from World War II through the 1970s, focusing on Old Masters paintings and 19th and early 20th century American art. Found within the papers are biographical materials, artist files, client files, financial records, legal records, printed material, and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The Victor D. Spark papers measure 22.2 linear feet and date from circa 1830 to 1983, with the bulk of the material from 1930 to 1970. The papers document Spark's career as a New York City art dealer and appraiser who was most active during World War II up through the 1970s with a focus on Old Masters paintings as well as 19th and early 20th century American art. Found within the papers are biographical materials, artist files, client files, financial records, legal records, printed material, and photographs.

Biographical materials contain greeting cards and post cards, annotated appointment calendars, miscellaneous notes and lists, and an apartment lease.

Artists' files include photographs of artwork, artist biographies, printed materials, and some correspondence with and about the artist. Many of the photographs are annotated. Files are found for Old Masters and American artists, including James G. Clonney, Jon Singleton Copley, Jeremiah P. Hardy, Martin Johnson Heade, Rembrandt Peale, Maurice Prendergast, Everett Shinn, Thomas Sully, and many others. There is also a letter written in 1924 by Ruth Moran along with a photograph of a painting by the artist Thomas Moran, signed by him on the verso.

Extensive client files include notes, correspondence, bills, receipts, and clippings regarding sales and appraisals. Spark's clients included museums, collectors, art dealers, most of which are represented in the files. Notable clients and colleagues include Jacob S. Berliner, Charles W. Engelhard, Alfred V. Frankenstein, Hubert L. Grigaut, Charlotte W. Hardy, Robert Lehman, and Leon Medina. There are also files for many universities, businesses, museums, and galleries.

Financial records comprise the largest series in the collection and include ledgers, stock books, consignment records, scattered banking records, bills, tax documents, auction price lists, check stubs, and cancelled checks.

A small amount of legal records document two legal cases: Rauch v. IRS and Kaufman v. Phoenix (Travelers) Insurance Company for which Spark provided testimony.

Printed materials include clippings, exhibition and auction catalogs, newsletters, bulletins, a membership roster for the San Diego Arts Society, and several 19th century printed items.

Two black and white photographs are of a steam locomotive and an unidentified portraitist in his studio.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 7 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1906, 1948-1981 (1.7 linear feet; Box 1-2)

Series 2: Artist Files, 1905-1983 (4 linear feet; Box 2-6, 22)

Series 3: Client Files, 1904, 1927-1981 (7.1 linear feet; Box 6-13)

Series 4: Financial Records, 1930-1981 (8.7 linear feet; Box 13-20, 22-29)

Series 5: Legal Records, 1970-1972 (0.2 linear feet; Box 20)

Series 6: Printed Materials, circa 1830-1872, 1948-1982 (0.2 linear feet; Box 20-22)

Series 7: Photographs, circa 1898-circa 1940 (0.1 linear feet; Box 21)

Biographical / Historical:

Victor D. Spark (1898-1991) was a prominent New York City appraiser and art dealer who specialized in Old Masters paintings as well as 19th and early 20th century art.

Spark was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1898. When he was two years old, the Spark family moved to Harlem. His father worked in the hotel business and owned hotels in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Europe. Spark briefly attended the City College of New York before transferring to New York University, where he studied for half a year, then enlisted in the Marines Corps during World War I and served overseas for 2 years. After his discharge, Spark returned to NYU where he majored in French, an interest he acquired during his military service. After graduation, Spark married Nina and went to Europe to help his father manage a summer hotel. There, he became interested in art.

Spark returned to the U.S., continuing to work for his father until 1929. Spark was involved with decorating and furnishing the hotels and often purchased antiques, artwork, and furniture, furthering his arts interests and knowledge. He began working in a gallery, acquiring works of art and dividing the sales profits with the gallery owners. Spark had no formal art education and his taste and eye for art was gained primarily through his travels in Europe. He also had a good business sense about what might sell for profit in the U.S.

Spark made frequent art buying trips across the United States to cities such as Boston and Philadelphia and returned to New York with paintings that he sold. Spark never owned a gallery, but he occasionally held exhibits, such as one titled "101 American Painters," inside the apartment. Although Spark specialized in 19th to early 20th century American art, he also sold European art work acquired during trips to Europe following World War II.

Spark continued his work selling paintings to museums, collectors, and other art dealers, until the 1970s. He was most active from the 1930s through World War II. As a prominent dealer for over four decades, Spark came to know many luminaries of the New York art scene, such as art dealer and gallery owner Edith Halpert. Spark died in 1991.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds an oral history interview of Victor D. Spark conducted August 5, 1975 by Paul Cummings.

The National Gallery of Art maintains 12,000 photographs and negatives of artwork in their Victor D. Spark photograph collection.

Provenance:

The Victor D. Spark papers were acquired between 1954 and 1996. The first accession of 19th century printed materials and a letter by Ruth Moran was donated by Spark in 1954. The bulk of the collection was purchased jointly by the Archives of American Art and the National Gallery of Art at auction in July 1987. Subsequently, photographs of works of art documenting the collections of the National Gallery of Art were separated and retained by the National Gallery of Art. The papers remained at the Archives of American Art; three letters were later transferred to the Archives from the National Gallery of Art in 1996.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

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:

Art appraisers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

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

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

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Victor D. Spark papers, circa 1830-1983, bulk 1930-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Identifier:

AAA.sparvict

See more items in:

Victor D. Spark papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a7df6e43-9a79-481a-88b3-5014c296d51d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sparvict

Creator:

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Names:

Boydell, William  Search this

Extent:

1 Item ((on 1 microfilm frame))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1782 Aug. 17

Scope and Contents:

Signed receipt for Mr. Boydell acknowledging "one hundred & sixty four pounds five shillings being the remainder of Eight hundred pounds and in full for Painting a Picture of the Death of Major Pearson [sic]." Copley later bought back the painting. "Death of Major Pierson" now hangs in the National Gallery, London.

Biographical / Historical:

Portrait and historical painter; Boston, Mass. and London, England.

Provenance:

Donated 1958 by Charles Feinberg.

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:

Painters -- Texas -- Houston  Search this

Topic:

Painting, English  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.copljsre

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fa9fcedc-3ba4-4e83-81ac-1846d8657d1e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-copljsre

Creator:

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Subject:

Adams, Samuel  Search this

Bancroft, Anthony  Search this

Citation:

John Singleton Copley letter to Samuel Adams, 1795 Oct 8. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9912

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212423

AAA_collcode_copljssa

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212423

Creator:

Prown, Jules David  Search this

Names:

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820  Search this

Extent:

12.2 Linear feet

0.004 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Photographs

Date:

1935-2018

bulk 1958-1975

Summary:

Jules David Prown research material on artists measures 12.2 linear feet and 0.004 GB and dates from 1935 to 2010, with the bulk of the material dating from 1958 to 1975. Prown, an art historian and educator, is an authority on the work of artist John Singleton Copley, and these papers contain related notes, subject files, correspondence, portrait and attribution files, and photographs and digital photographs of artwork. Also found are Prown's research files on other artists, including Benjamin West, typescripts of his lectures, and copies of his published writings.

Scope and Contents:

Jules David Prown research material on artists measures 12.2 linear feet and 0.004 GB and dates from 1935 to 2010, with the bulk of the material dating from 1958 to 1975. Prown, an art historian and educator, is an authority on the work of artist John Singleton Copley, and these papers contain related notes, subject files, correspondence, portrait and attribution files, and photographs and digital photographs of artwork. Also found are Prown's research files on other artists, including Benjamin West, typescripts of his lectures, and copies of his published writings.

The bulk of the collection consists of Prown's research material on the work of John Singleton Copley, including notes and correspondence he compiled while working on his dissertation and later two-volume work John Singleton Copley. Of interest are a set of notes regarding the computer analysis of sitters of John Singleton Copley. Included are detailed biographical forms for each sitter and lists of codes and cross references used for Prown's computer analysis. Topics of his notes and subject files include biographical information on Copley, technique and materials, specific works of art such as Watson and the Shark, and painting themes. Correspondence found throughout his research files usually discuss dates of paintings, attribution, and provenance. Photographs and related printed material are often included with correspondence.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 5 series. The original order of the donor was maintained.

Missing Title

Series 1: Research Material on John Singleton Copley, 1935-2018 (8.8 linear feet; Boxes 1-9, 15, 0.004 GB; ER01)

Series 2: Research Material on Benjamin West, 1965-1990s (1.4 linear feet; Boxes 9-10, 12-14)

Series 3: Research Material on Other Artists, 1950s-2008 (0.4 linear feet; Box 9)

Series 4: Lectures, 1960s-2010 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 10-11)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1960-2000 (0.3 linear feet; Box 11)

Biographical / Historical:

Art historian Jules David Prown (1930- ) is a Paul Mellon Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He is an authority on American art and material culture. Prown is a graduate of Lafayette College and the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture at the University of Delaware. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1961 with a dissertation on John Singleton Copley. That year he joined the faculty of the Department of the History of Art at Yale University where he was also Curator of American Art at the University Art Gallery and the founding Director of the Yale Center for British Art. In 1966 he published the two-volume John Singleton Copley. While working on the publication he conducted an in-depth computer analysis of Copley's 240 American sitters. Prown retired from Yale in 1999.

Related Materials:

Jules David Prown papers, 1954-2018, is located at Yale University Archives.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Jules David Prown from 2003-2023.

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.

Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records in this collection must use access copies. Contact References 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 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:

Art historians -- Connecticut  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Jules David Prown research material on artists, 1935-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.prowjule

See more items in:

Jules David Prown research material on artists

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97136c2d3-74e1-4b55-965c-caaea6f79ee2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-prowjule

Creator:

Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-  Search this

Names:

Detroit Institute of Arts  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Peale family  Search this

Benbridge, Henry, 1743-1812  Search this

Claypoole, James, ca. 1743-1800  Search this

Conarroe, George W., 1803-1882 or 4  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824  Search this

Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842  Search this

Field, Erastus Salisbury, 1805-1900  Search this

Guy, Francis, 1760-1820  Search this

Harrison, Birge, 1854-1929  Search this

Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859  Search this

McMurtrie, James, fl. 1843-1864  Search this

Munkácsy, Mihály, 1844-1900  Search this

Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788  Search this

Roesen, Severin, ca. 1815-ca. 1872  Search this

Rudy, Charles, 1904-  Search this

Rush, William, 1756-1833  Search this

Smibert, John, 1688-1751  Search this

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852  Search this

Wollaston, John, fl. 1736-1767  Search this

Extent:

2.2 Linear feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

[ca. 1940]-1978

Scope and Contents:

Artists files containing photographs and correspondence on artists Henry Benbridge, James Claypoole, George Washington Conarroe, John Singleton Copley, Joseph Delaplaine, Jacob Eichholtz, Erastus Salisbury Field, Francis Guy, Lowell Birge Harrison, Robert Charles Leslie, James McMurtrie, Mihaly Munkacsy, Robert Edge Pine, Severin Roesen, Charles Rudy, William Rush, John Smibert, John Vanderlyn, and John Wollaston. Also included are correspondence files pertaining to artistic subjects with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Peale family descendents (about Peale family artists), and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Art historian; Carlisle, Penn. Died 1980. Author of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN PORTRAITURE (1962) and MR PEALE'S MUSEUM: CHARLES WILSON PEALE AND THE FIRST POPULAR MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE AND ART (1980) and other works.

Related Materials:

Charles Sellers papers also located at Dickinson College.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1987 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. The papers were donated to the American Philosophical Society by Sellers' estate.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Art historians -- Pennsylvania -- Carlisle  Search this

Topic:

Art, American -- United States  Search this

Painting, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.sellchar

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a6571aaf-2e70-4599-ba94-3cd09a12fd8f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sellchar

Creator:

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Names:

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803  Search this

Collector:

Bancroft, Anthony  Search this

Extent:

1 Item ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1795 Oct 8

Scope and Contents:

Copley renews his acquaintance and expresses his desire to have his son meet Adams while in the United States.

[Anthony Bancroft papers: microfilm title]

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.

Identifier:

AAA.copljssa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92165a677-c485-4b8a-9c4e-b4af85fe9c6c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-copljssa

Creator:

Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918  Search this

Names:

Anshutz, Thomas Pollock, 1851-1912  Search this

Audubon, John James, 1785-1851  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919  Search this

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916  Search this

McEntee, Jervis, 1828-1891  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872  Search this

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this

Peale, Raphaelle, 1774-1825  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865  Search this

Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885  Search this

Smillie, James David, 1833-1909  Search this

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852  Search this

Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923  Search this

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910  Search this

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820  Search this

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903  Search this

Extent:

1.71 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1731-1918

Summary:

The Charles Henry Hart autograph collection dates from 1731-1917 and measures 1.71 linear feet comprised of 232 letters, portrait prints, and other documents signed by American artists. There is a .01 linear foot (6 items) unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2021 that includes a letter from Winslow Homer to Mr. Clarke, November 28, 1892; typed and annotated lists of autographs of artists in the collections of Charles Henry Hart; handwritten note about English painter and engraver, John Keyse Sherwin, undated; handwritten note regarding Gennearino Persico, miniature artist, July 18, 1826.

Scope and Contents:

The Charles Henry Hart autograph collection dates from 1731-1917 and measures 1.71 linear feet comprised of 232 letters, portrait prints, and other documents signed by American artists. There is a .01 linear foot (6 items) unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2021 that includes a letter from Winslow Homer to Mr. Clarke, November 28, 1892; typed and annotated lists of autographs of artists in the collections of Charles Henry Hart; handwritten note about English painter and engraver, John Keyse Sherwin, undated; handwritten note regarding Gennearino Persico, miniature artist, July 18, 1826.

Originally titled by Hart as "The History of Art in America as Told in a Remarkable Collection of Autograph Letters and Documents of Celebrated American Artists of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Century," the collection includes letters and other items signed by Thomas Anshutz, John J. Audubon, William Merritt Chase, Frederic Edwin Church, John Singleton Copley, Kenyon Cox, Thomas Eakins, Jervis McEntee, Samuel F.B. Morse, Charles Willson Peale, Raphaelle Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale, Titian Peale, James Daivd Smillie, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Abbott Handerson Thayer, John Vanderlyn, Elihu Vedder, John Quincy Adams Ward, Benjamin West, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and many others.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in 2 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Charles Henry Hart autograph collection, 1731-1917 (226 items; Box 1-5)

Series 2: Unprocessed Addition, 1826-1892 and undated (6 items; MMS folder 6)

Biographical / Historical:

Charles Henry Hart (1847-1918) was a historian, lawyer, writer, and director, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1882-1904. Widely, he published on the subject of 18th and 19th century portraiture in the United States.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the personal papers of Charles Henry Hart, dating from 1774-1930, bulk 1888-1918.

Papers of Charles Henry Hart, 1888-1894, are also located at The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts.

Provenance:

The Charles Henry Hart autograph collection was donated to the Archives of American Art in 1954 as an anonymous gift. It is assumed that Hart assembled the letters. Original collation was two letterbooks entitled "The History of Art in America as Told in a Remarkable Collection of Autograph Letters and Documents of Celebrated American Artists of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Century." Additional six items donated in 2021 by Ty West, who found the compiled material among his grandfather-in-law's belongings.

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.

Topic:

Autographs -- Collections  Search this

Artists -- United States -- Portraits  Search this

Autographs -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Artists -- United States -- Autographs  Search this

Citation:

Charles Henry Hart autograph collection, 1731-1918. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.hartchar

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Charles Henry Hart autograph collection

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw912c4422c-cbb9-4889-838e-46e6976b6dca

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hartchar

Creator:

Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981  Search this

Names:

American Arts Alliance  Search this

California Palace of the Legion of Honor  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)  Search this

San Francisco Chronicle (Firm)  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Decker, Joseph, 1853-1924  Search this

Haberle, John, 1856-1933  Search this

Harnett, William Michael, 1848-1892  Search this

Ives, Charles, 1874-1954  Search this

Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973  Search this

Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868  Search this

Murdock, Roland P.  Search this

Peto, John Frederick, 1854-1907  Search this

Extent:

19.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Photographs

Sound recordings

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Date:

1875-1985

Summary:

The papers of art critic and historian Alfred Victor Frankenstein measure 19.1 linear feet and date from 1875 to 1985. The bulk of the collection consists of Frankenstein's research and writing files on American painting, particularly artists working in the nineteenth-century. There are extensive files on artists John Haberle, William Michael Harnett, and William Sidney Mount. The collection also includes biographical material, correspondence, general writings and notes, professional activities files, personal business records, printed materials, photographs, and unidentified sound recordings.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art critic and historian Alfred Victor Frankenstein measure 19.1 linear feet and date from 1875 to 1985. The bulk of the collection consists of Frankenstein's research and writing files on American painting, particularly artists working in the nineteenth-century. There are extensive files on artists John Haberle, William Michael Harnett, and William Sidney Mount. The collection also includes biographical material, correspondence, general writings and notes, professional activities files, personal business records, printed materials, photographs, and unidentified sound recordings.

Biographical materials include awards, museum passes from the 1970s, school records, and a scrapbook documenting Frankenstein's career at the San Francisco Chronicle. Also found is his father's medical school diploma.

Largely professional in nature, Frankenstein's correspondence is with galleries, museums and institutions, colleges and universities, as well as art historians and museum colleagues including Paul Jenkins, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, and Thomas E. Ripley.

General writings are on subjects such as music, art, California, and the Ronald P. Murdock art collection. It is likely that some writings may be drafts for articles that later appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle. Also found are three notebooks, a recorded interview, recorded lectures by Frankenstein and by others.

The bulk of the collection consists of Frankenstein's extensive research files on American sill-life painting in the nineteenth-century. Research topics focus primarily on artists John Haberle (including sketches by Haberle), William Michael Harnett, William Sidney Mount, and John Frederick Peto; however, some files are found for collectors, dealers, and subjects. Files are found both for the research and writing of Frankenstein's books, After the Hunt (1953) and The World of Copley: 1738-1815 (1970). Contents of the research files vary but many contain correspondence, photographs, notes and writings, provenance research, printed materials, and photocopied and original primary documents. Additional research files are also found in Series 5, Exhibition Files.

Files concerning exhibitions curated or organized by Frankenstein include Artist Self-Portraits (1974) at the National Gallery of Art, an exhibition at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, and the World's Fair Exposition exhibition, Our Land, Our Sky Our Water: an Exhibition of American and Canadian Art (1974). Files contain loan agreements, gallery plans, photographs, writings, correspondence, and printed materials.

Frankenstein's professional activities files include material about his job as a music critic at the San Francisco Chronicle, and records documenting his participation in the American Arts Alliance and the San Francisco Arts Commission. Also found are scattered student writings, lecture notes, and some correspondence from his teaching position at the University of California, Berkeley.

An appraisal for a Joseph Decker work, the estate records of Sylvia Frankenstein, general receipts for purchases and shipping records, and vehicle ownership records comprise Frankenstein's personal business records.

Printed materials include clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, magazines, and blank postcards. Also found are eight commercial audio recordings, including a musical piece by Charles Ives on cassette, and six phonograph records that are likely of music. A cassette entitled "Heritage of American Art" may be from an exhibition of the same title held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 1975. Personal photographs include snapshots of Frankenstein with his family and portraits of him, as well as a photocopy of a family photo album. The bulk of the photographs are of artwork.

There are six unidentified sound recordings.

Biographical / Historical:

Alfred Victor Frankenstein (1906-1981) was an art historian, writer, art and music critic, and educator active in San Francisco, California.

Frankenstein was born in 1906 in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at the University of Chicago but moved to San Francisco to take a job as a music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle . Later, the position expanded to include critiques of visual art and art exhibitions. He remained at the San Francisco Chronicle until 1979, concentrating only on art from 1965.

He was an expert on 19th century American still-life and his notable book, After The Hunt (1953), examined the American trompe-l'œil movement in late 19th century and early 20th-century through the work of painters William Harnett and John Frederick Peto. He also authored The World of Copley: 1738-1815 in 1970. Frankenstein curated several major exhibitions, including American Self-Portraits (1974) at the National Portrait Gallery and the 1974 World's Fair Exposition exhibition, Our Land, Our Sky Our Water: an Exhibition of American and Canadian Art..

An educator, Frankenstein was a professor of Art History at the University of California at Berkeley (1940-1974), Stanford University (1973-1981), and at Mills College (1945-1974), where he also taught American music.

Related Materials:

Also found among the holdings of the Archives of American Art are two oral histories with Alfred Frankenstein, one conducted by Mary McChesney on November 9th, 1965 and the other conducted by Paul Karlstrom from 1978 to 1979. Additionally, Frankenstein donated one sketchbook and twelve loose sketches that are cataloged as a separate collection: the William Harnett sketches, 1870.

Provenance:

Alfred Frankenstein donated some of his papers in 1972, and lent materials for microfilming in 1978. His estate, handled by his son John Frankenstein, donated the materials original loaned as well as additional records in 1981.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

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:

Art critics -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art historians -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art criticism -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Photographs

Sound recordings

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Alfred Victor Frankenstein papers, 1875-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund

Identifier:

AAA.franalfr

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Alfred Victor Frankenstein papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e75e77af-bf2c-4cb8-8f0d-8bac5756a1be

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-franalfr

Creator:

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Extent:

1 Item ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

[ca. 1800]

Scope and Contents:

A short note to Mr. Richardson (?)

Biographical / Historical:

Portrait and historical painter; Boston, Mass and London, England.

Provenance:

Purchased 1956 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:

Portrait painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.copljohn

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a1e43bab-ed18-4772-989f-26ce5786c558

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-copljohn

Creator:

Duveen, Albert  Search this

Names:

Centurion (Firm)  Search this

Holland House Corporation of the Netherlands  Search this

Alexander, Francis, 1800-1880  Search this

Allston, Washington, 1779-1843  Search this

Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854  Search this

Ben-Zion, 1897–1987  Search this

Birch, Thomas, 1779-1851  Search this

Blackburn, Joseph, fl. 1753-1763  Search this

Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919  Search this

Blauvelt, Charles F., 1824-1900  Search this

Blume, Peter, 1906-1992  Search this

Branchard, Emile Pierre, 1881-1938  Search this

Browere, A. D. O. (Alburtis Dell Orient), 1814-1887  Search this

Brown, John George, 1831-1913  Search this

Buddington, Jonathan  Search this

Buttersworth, James Edward, 1817-1894  Search this

Carter, Dennis Malone, 1827-1881  Search this

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926  Search this

Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this

Chabor, Moura  Search this

Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985  Search this

Chambers, Thomas, b. 1807 or 8  Search this

Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979  Search this

Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848  Search this

Constable, John, 1776-1837  Search this

Cope, George, 1855-1929  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Crawford, Ralston, 1906-1978  Search this

Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 1823-1900  Search this

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928  Search this

Despiau, Charles, 1874-1946  Search this

Detre, Roland, 1903-  Search this

Dibble, Thomas R. (Thomas Reilly), 1898-  Search this

Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008  Search this

Doriani, William, 1891-  Search this

Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856  Search this

Drew-Bear, Jessie, 1877?-1962  Search this

Duncanson, Robert S., 1821-1872  Search this

Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886  Search this

Durrie, George Henry, 1820-1863  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878  Search this

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916  Search this

Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842  Search this

Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941  Search this

Elliott, Charles Loring, 1812-1868  Search this

Field, Robert, 1769?-1819  Search this

Ganso, Emil, 1895-1941  Search this

Gargallo, Pablo, 1881-1934  Search this

Gelb, Jan, 1906-1978  Search this

Gillman, Paul  Search this

Gullager, Christian  Search this

Hall, George Henry, 1825-1913  Search this

Harding, Chester, 1792-1866  Search this

Harnett, William Michael, 1848-1892  Search this

Harvey, George W., 1855-  Search this

Hays, William Jacob, 1830-1875  Search this

Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894  Search this

Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841-1919  Search this

Hesselius, John, 1728-1778  Search this

Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849  Search this

Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890  Search this

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910  Search this

Hudson, Samuel Adams, 1813-1894  Search this

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this

Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this

Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this

Jarvis, John Wesley, 1780-1840  Search this

Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906  Search this

Johnston, Henrietta  Search this

Johnston, John Bernard, 1847-1886  Search this

Kayn, Hilde B., 1903-1950  Search this

Kelekian, Dikran, 1868-1951  Search this

Lane, Fitz Hugh, 1804-1865  Search this

Lawson, Ernest, 1873-1939  Search this

Lefferts, M. F.  Search this

Leigh, William Robinson, 1866-1955  Search this

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865  Search this

Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933  Search this

Malbone, Edward Greene, 1777-1807  Search this

Maurer, Alfred Henry, 1868-1932  Search this

Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932  Search this

Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874  Search this

Moeller, Louis, 1855-1930  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872  Search this

Neagle, John, 1796-1865  Search this

Organ, Donald  Search this

Otis, Bass, 1784-1861  Search this

Pach, Walter, 1883-1958  Search this

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this

Peale, James, 1749-1831  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Penn, William, 1644-1718  Search this

Perry, E. W. (Enoch Wood), 1831-1915  Search this

Philippoteaux, Fʹelix Emmanuel Henri, 1815-1884  Search this

Polk, Charles Peale, 1767-1822  Search this

Pope, T. B. (Thomas Benjamin), d. 1891  Search this

Porter, Rufus, 1792-1884  Search this

Prior, William Matthew, 1806-1873  Search this

Quirt, Walter, 1902-  Search this

Ranney, William Tylee, 1813-1857  Search this

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909  Search this

Robins, Louisa Winslow, 1898-1962  Search this

Roesen, Severin, ca. 1815-ca. 1872  Search this

Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939  Search this

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this

Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895  Search this

Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926  Search this

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

Savage, Edward, 1761-1817  Search this

Sawitzky, William, 1880-1947  Search this

Schattenstein, Nikol, 1877-1954  Search this

Schussele, Christian, 1826?-1879  Search this

Serres, D.  Search this

Sharples, James, ca. 1751-1811  Search this

Shulman, Morris  Search this

Smibert, John, 1688-1751  Search this

Soudeikine, Serge  Search this

Soutine, Chaim, 1893-1943  Search this

Spencer, Frederick R., 1806-1875  Search this

Stewart, Albert T., 1900-1965  Search this

Street, Robert, 1796-1865  Search this

Strong, William J.  Search this

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828  Search this

Sullivan, Charles, 1794-1867  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905  Search this

Tirrell, G.  Search this

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852  Search this

Vanderlyn, Pieter, ca. 1687-1778  Search this

Von Schlegell, William, 1877-1950  Search this

Waldo, Samuel, 1783-1861  Search this

Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965  Search this

Washington, George, 1732-1799  Search this

Weinberg, Elbert, 1928-  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919  Search this

Welch, Thomas B., 1814-1874  Search this

Wertmüller, Adolph Ulric, 1751-1811  Search this

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820  Search this

Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915  Search this

Wiltz, Arnold, 1889-1937  Search this

Winner, W. E. (William E), -1883  Search this

Wood, S.  Search this

Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903  Search this

Extent:

5 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

[ca. 1831-1950]

Scope and Contents:

Files on ca. 150 American artists and art subjects, selected from Duveen's art reference files. Included are photographs of paintings in other collections, auction and exhibition catalogs, miscellaneous publications.

Files include: Francis Alexander, Washington Allston, William H. Bartlett, Ben-Zion, Thomas Birch, Joseph Blackburn, Ralph A. Blakelock, Charles F. Blauvelt, Peter Blume, Emile Branchard, Albertis D. O. Browere, John G. Brown, Jonathan Buddington, James E. Buttersworth, Carra, Dennis M. Carter, Mary Cassatt, George Catlin, Centurion, Paul Cezanne, Moura Chabor, Marc Chagall, T. Chambers, Jean Charlot, Thomas Cole, John Constable, George Cope, John S. Copley, Ralston Crawford, Jasper F. Cropsey, Arthur B. Davies, Charles Despiau, Roland Detre, Thomas R. Dibble, Enrico Donati, William Doriani, Thomas Doughty, Jessie Drew-Bear, Robert S. Duncanson, Dunlap, Asher B. Durand, George H. Durrie, Frank Duveneck, Evert Duyckinck, Thomas Eakins, Jacob Eichholtz, Louis M. Eilshemius, Charles L. Elliott, Robert Field, Emil Ganso, Pablo Gargallo, Jan Gelb, Paul Gillman, Christian Gullager, George H. Hall, Chester Harding, William M. Harnett, George Harvey, William J. Hays, George P. A. Healy, Edward L. Henry, John Hesselius, Edward Hicks, Thomas Hicks, Holland House, Charles Fevret de Saint-Memin, Winslow Homer, S. A. Hudson, Daniel Huntington, Henry Inman, George Inness, John W, Jarvis, Eastman Johnson, Henrietta Johnston, John Johnston, Hilde B. Kayn, Dikran K. Kelekian, Fitz Hugh Lane, Ernest Lawson, M. F. Lefferts, William R. Leigh, Abraham Lincoln, George B. Luks, Edward G. Malbone, Alfred H. Maurer, Louis Maurer, McKay, Alfred J. Miller, Louis C. Moeller, Samuel F. B. Morse, John Neagle, Donald Organ, Bass Otis, Walter Pach, Charles W. Peale, James Peale, Rembrandt Peale, William Penn, Enoch W. Perry, F. E. H. Philippoteaux, Charles P. Polk, T. B. Pope, Rufus Porter, William M. Prior, Walter Quirt, William T. Ranney, Reinhardt, Frederic Remington, Louisa Robins, Severin Roesen, Thomas P. Rossiter, Peter F. Rothermel, Charles M. Russell, Edward Savage, William Sawitzky, Nikol Schattenstein, Christian Schussele, D. Serres, James Sharples, Morris Shulman, John Smibert, Sergei Soudeikin, Haim Soutine, Frederick R. Spencer, Albert Stewart, Robert Street, William J. Strong, Gilbert Stuart, C. (Charles ?) Sullivan, Thomas Sully, Arthur F. Tait, G. Tirrell, John Trumbull, John Vanderlyn, Pieter Vanderlyn, William Von Schlegell, Samuel L. Waldo, Abraham Walkowitz, George Washington, Elbert Weinberg, Julian A. Weir, Thomas B. Welch, Adolph U. Wertmuller, Benjamin West, Anne Whitney, Arnold Wiltz, William E. Winner, S. Wood, and Thomas W. Wood.

The Saint-Memin, Stuart, B. West and Wertmuller files contain material from Albert Rosenthal relating to the above artists.

Arrangement:

Files are arranged alphabetically by artist and subject, rolls NDU1-NDU3; publications and other miscellany were filmed on rolls NDU4-NDU5.

Biographical / Historical:

Albert Duveen was an art dealer and collector with offices in New York, N.Y., specializing in early American art. He was a cousin to Joseph Duveen (1869-1939), 1st Baron Duveen, president of Duveen Brothers art dealers.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1958 by Duveen.

Restrictions:

The Archives does not own the original papers. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.duvealbe2

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98968d056-cbe2-4e51-b974-7ee4067bcbae

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-duvealbe2

Creator:

Parker, Barbara Neville  Search this

Names:

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -- Exhibitions  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Extent:

5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1937-1965

Scope and Contents:

Material relating to the book JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, by Barbara N. Parker and Anna B. Wheeler, 1938, and papers relating to "New England Miniatures" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 1957. Included are correspondence, printed material, biographical material on Copley; publicity, manuscripts, photographs, and drawings for the book, and research material, clippings, and reviews of the exhibition

Biographical / Historical:

Museum curator; Boston, Massachusetts.

Provenance:

Donated 1974 by Barbara N. Parker.

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.

Occupation:

Museum curators -- Massachusetts  Search this

Topic:

Women museum curators  Search this

Function:

Art museums -- Massachusetts -- Boston

Identifier:

AAA.parkbarb

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw910697bb5-5f57-4806-b84c-e4efdb4e03df

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-parkbarb

Collector:

Gratz, Simon  Search this

Names:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824  Search this

Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886  Search this

Humphreys, Joshua, 1751-1838  Search this

Otis, Bass, 1784-1861  Search this

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this

Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824  Search this

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this

Extent:

3 Reels (ca. 500 items (on 3 partial microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reels

Date:

[ca. 1770-1921]

Scope and Contents:

Selected letters, sketches, writings, clippings and printed material collected by Simon Gratz, primarily from the "Painters, sculptors, and engravers" section (ca. 400 items) of the Cultural life, arts and sciences autograph series. Other sections filmed include Benjamin West correspondence; Charles Thomson correspondence; Joshua Humphreys letters; and one or more letters from the following categories: American miscellaneous, European painters and sculptors, Chaplains colonial wars and revolution, Roman Catholic prelates, British Authors, British literary misc., European explorers and antiquaries, American poets, Univ. presidents, American scientists, American authors, American prose, American literary misc., U.S. Senators, and others.

The Painters, sculptors, and engravers section contains ca. 400 items, primarily letters, of prominent eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth century American artists, such as Albert Bierstadt, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Cole, John Singleton Copley, Asher B. Durand, Charles Willson Peale, John Singer Sargent, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, John Trumbull, and others. Many of the letters are addressed to Albert Rosenthal. Also included are sketches, writings, clippings, and printed material pertaining to the artists. The Benjamin West papers, 1877-1819, (reel P23, fr. 1-85) include letters to West, letters from and about West, and cards, a certificate, and engraving of him.

The Charles Thomson papers (reels P21, fr. 800-813 and P22, fr. 1-7) include material relating to craftsmen in New York and Philadelphia, 1784-1787; correspondence with Joseph Delaplaine, 1816-1817, concerning Delaplaine's having a portrait of Thomson painted by Bass Otis; a letter to Thomson from G.P. Norris, Jr., Jan. 26, 1819, referring to Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence; and bills from cabinetmaker Alexander Anderson. The Humphreys' letters are from Charles Willson Peale, Mar. 4, 1795, and William Rush, Apr. 30, 1795.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1955 by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Artists -- United States  Search this

Topic:

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

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

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

Identifier:

AAA.gratsimo

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93c343bb8-5467-4d6e-8577-f7ed1493be9d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gratsimo

Creator:

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820  Search this

Names:

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820  Search this

Galt, John, 1779-1839  Search this

Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830  Search this

Northcote, James, 1746-1831  Search this

Smith, Anne M. H.  Search this

West, Elizabeth Shewell  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (partial microfilm reels)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Date:

1755-1819

Scope and Contents:

REEL P20 (fr.679): Memorandum by Anne M. Smith, 1855 Mar. 27, concerning Benjamin West's "Death of Socrates" and "View of Conestoga Creek."

REEL P23 (fr. 85, 108-157, 218-233): Portrait of West engraved by H. Meyer (?), from an original by T. Lawrence for the British Gathering of Contemporary Portraits, published by T. Cadell and W. Lavier, London, April 15, 1815; estate papers, 1814-1819, relating to Hannah West; card of admission for Mrs. Holland to see "Elgin Marbles" at Burlington House, May 1814; letters from West to George Dillwyn, John Singleton Copley, Peter Thomson, George William West, Mr. Rawle, Joseph Wharton, James Northcote, Sarah Robeson, and to the American Academy of the Fine Arts, about his portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence, undated and 1772-1819; a letter to Mrs. West from Henry Sulger, Aug. 15, 1774, about West's picture of Christ; and an extract of a letter from Elizabeth West to Dr. Edwards, Jan. 7, 1798, reporting the death of her nephew.

REEL P24 (fr.34-38) : Biographical sketches of West, circa 1805, from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's "Quaker Scrapbook," v. 2.

REELS P24 (fr. 527-627) & P25 (fr. 465-541): Correspondence, speeches, financial statements, catalogs, etc., of Benjamin West, 1788-1819, compiled by John Galt for his volume on "The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq.", published in 1820.

REEL P25: Sketchbooks, 1790-1807; travelling expenses, 1807; account books and financial papers, 1790-1804 and 1810-1811; and a list of subscribers to the print of "The Death of Lord Nelson."

REEL 4560: Papers relating to West from HSP's Gilpin Collection (Collection (#704), including an account book with London Banker, 1790-1804, and 1810-1811; and a sketchbook and loose drawings, 1755-1819.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter. Born in Pennsylvania, moved to London, where his studio became a center for expatriate Americans.

Provenance:

Material on reel P25 microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Material on reel 4560 lent for microfilming in 1991 by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. [Account book and one sketchbook are filmed on both reels].

Restrictions:

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

Rights:

Reel 4560: Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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:

Painters -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Expatriate painters -- England  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.westbenj3

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93e9d20ed-17a9-4da6-bcd0-0fec3d5666b3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-westbenj3

Creator:

Copley Gallery  Search this

Names:

Bayley, Frank W.  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828  Search this

Extent:

65 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1927-1932

Scope and Contents:

Artists' files compiled by Frank W. Bayley, director of the gallery, on John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, Gilbert Stuart, and others; and miscellaneous notes.

Biographical / Historical:

Art gallery; Boston, Mass.

Provenance:

Donated by Charles D. Childs.

Restrictions:

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

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- Massachusetts

Identifier:

AAA.coplgall

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw950258013-6e8d-4676-89d2-0c969352d933

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-coplgall

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

See more items in:

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

Author:

Staley, Allen  Search this

Author:

Copley, John Singleton 1738-1815  Search this

West, Benjamin 1738-1820  Search this

Subject:

Copley, John Singleton 1738-1815  Search this

Copley, John Singleton 1738-1815 Friends and associates  Search this

Physical description:

180 pages color illustrations 30 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

United States

Great Britain

Date:

2021

Topic:

Painters  Search this

Friendship  Search this

Call number:

ND237.C78 S73 2021

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1157279

Creator:

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Subject:

Boydell, William  Search this

Citation:

John Singleton Copley receipt, 1782 Aug. 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painting, English  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10207

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213282

AAA_collcode_copljsre

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213282

Creator:

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Citation:

John Singleton Copley note, [ca. 1800]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10239

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213333

AAA_collcode_copljohn

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213333