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Creator:

Bacon, Henry, 1839-1912  Search this

Subject:

Olivie, Leon  Search this

Lemaire, Madeleine-Jeanne Coll  Search this

Merson, Luc Olivier  Search this

Gonzales, Antonio  Search this

Heilbuth, Ferdinand  Search this

Chialiva, Luigi  Search this

Chevillard, Vincent  Search this

Dupain, Edmond-Louis  Search this

Clairin, Georges  Search this

Beaumont  Search this

Bacon, Lee Andrews  Search this

Carolus-Duran  Search this

Berne-Bellecourt, E.  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Place:

Egypt -- description and travel

Citation:

Henry Bacon papers, 1849-1931. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8649

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210829

AAA_collcode_bacohenr

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210829

Creator:

Bacon, Henry, 1839-1912  Search this

Names:

Bacon, Lee Andrews, 1861-  Search this

Beaumont  Search this

Berne-Bellecourt, E.  Search this

Carolus-Duran, 1837 or 8-1917  Search this

Chevillard, Vincent  Search this

Chialiva, Luigi, 1841-1914  Search this

Clairin, Georges, 1843-1919  Search this

Dupain, Edmond-Louis, 1847-1933  Search this

Gonzales, Antonio  Search this

Heilbuth, Ferdinand  Search this

Lemaire, Madeleine-Jeanne Coll, 1845-1928  Search this

Merson, Luc Olivier, 1846-1920  Search this

Olivie, Leon  Search this

Extent:

1.9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Place:

Egypt -- description and travel

Date:

1849-1931

Summary:

The papers of painter and writer Henry Bacon date from 1849-1931 and measure 1.9 linear feet. The collection documents Bacon's career and travels through France and Egypt. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings by Bacon and others, scattered business records, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs, eight sketchbooks and additional sketches.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of painter and writer Henry Bacon date from 1849-1931 and measure 1.9 linear feet. The collection documents Bacon's career and travels through France and Egypt. Included are biographical materials, correspondence, writings by Bacon and others, scattered business records, printed material, scrapbooks, photographs, eight sketchbooks and additional sketches.

Scattered biographical materials include an address book, a photo identification card, genealogical material, and autobiographical notes and resumes. The bulk of correspondence is in French written by French artists included in Bacon's book Parisian Art and Artists, including Beaumont, E. Berne-Bellecourt, Vincent Chevillard, Luigi Chialiva, Georges Clairin, Edmond Dupain, Carolus Duran, Antonio Gonzalez, Ferdinand Heilbuth, Madeleine Lemaire, Luc Oliver Merson, and Leon Olivie. Also found is correspondence between Louisa Lee Bacon with museums and institutions concerning her husband's art.

Writings and notes contain short stories, personal accounts, and poems by Henry Bacon, as well as a biographical work on Bacon by Louisa Bacon, and unsigned poems in French. Manuscripts of Bacon's books are not found.

Scattered personal business records include a sales record notebook, an expense journal, and a lease. Printed materials consist primarily of clippings, a few exhibition catalogs, a copy of Bacon's book Étretat: Hamlet of the Setting Sun, and printed images of works of art. Two scrapbooks document Bacon's career as an artist through clippings, photos, exhibition catalogs, and announcements.

Photographs include portraits and snapshots of Bacon and his wife, travel photos used as reference, and photos of works of art. Artwork by Bacon includes eight sketchbooks, watercolor sketches, and pen and ink sketches.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 8 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1864-circa 1930 (Box 1; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1849-1931 (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, 1875-circa 1912 (Box 1-2, 5; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 4: Personal Business and Financial records, 1864-1871 (Box 2; 2 folders)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1882-1931 (Box 2; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1866-1923 (Box 3; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Photographs, circa 1862-circa 1930 (Box 3-5; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 8: Artwork and Sketchbooks, 1864-1912 (Box 4-5; 0.4 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Painter and writer, Henry Bacon (1839-1912) spent much of his career and life in France and Egypt. He is best known for his watercolor depictions of Egyptian desert scenes.

Henry Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839. During the Civil War, ee enlisted in the Union Army and served as corporal in Company D, 4th Battalion of Rifles of the 13th Massachusetts Regiment. Also during the war, he worked as a field artist for Leslie's Weekly. He suffered an injury at the Second Battle of Bull Run and was discharged in 1864. That same year, he married Lizzie Lord and moved to France. The couple settled in Paris where Bacon studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Alexandre Cabanel. He spent many summers in Étretat, France--a subject he painted and wrote about in his bookÉtretat: Hamlet of the Setting Sun.

After the death of Lizzie Lord, Bacon married Louisa Lee Andrews. In the 1890s, Henry and Louisa spent their time split between London and Egypt. It was during this time that Bacon produced his many watercolor scenes of the desert, the Nile River, and of the Egyptian people. Henry Bacon died in Cairo in 1912.

Separated Materials:

Also found in the Archives are three sketchbooks lent by Nancy C. Brecht for microfilming on reels 4040-4041. The scrapbooks are not described in the container listing of this finding aid but are available for viewing in Archives of American Art offices and via interlibrary loan.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 1987 by Nancy N. Brecht, the grandniece of Henry Bacon and granddaughter of Bacon's brother, Earle.

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:

Artists -- France -- Paris  Search this

Authors -- France -- Paris  Search this

Landscape painters  Search this

Painters -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Henry Bacon papers, 1849-1931. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Processing and digitization of this collection was funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.bacohenr

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Henry Bacon papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92c3da55a-65e7-40f7-a5f4-c1933c4779c1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bacohenr

Collection Creator:

Bacon, Henry, 1839-1912  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 31

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1879

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

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

Collection Citation:

Henry Bacon papers, 1849-1931. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Processing and digitization of this collection was funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art

See more items in:

Henry Bacon papers

Henry Bacon papers / Series 2: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91ad5ad66-f96b-43ea-8acd-4a4ab739654a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-bacohenr-ref154

Graphic artist:

Aubert, Jean-Ernest  Search this

Original artist:

Heilbuth, Ferdinand  Search this

Publisher:

Goupil & Cie.  Search this

Measurements:

image: 39 cm x 50 cm; 15 11/32 in x 19 11/16 in

sheet: 46 cm x 56.5 cm; 18 1/8 in x 22 1/4 in

Object Name:

Print

Lithograph

Object Type:

Lithograph

Place made:

France: Île-de-France, Département de Ville-de-Paris

Date made:

nineteenth century

Subject:

Musicians  Search this

ID Number:

GA.15376

Catalog number:

15376

Accession number:

94830

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Art

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c2bb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1002969

Artist:

Heilbuth, Ferdinand  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Landscape--River--Thames River  Search this

Landscape--England  Search this

Landscape--Foreign--England  Search this

Control number:

AECI 03850121

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_78384

Artist:

Heilbuth, Ferdinand  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Occupation--Art--Artist  Search this

Architecture--Studio  Search this

Control number:

AECI 00120078

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_1364

Artist:

Heilbuth, Ferdinand  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Occupation--Education--Dancing Lesson  Search this

Recreation--Dancing  Search this

Control number:

AECI 00120077

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_1363

Artist:

Heilbuth, Ferdinand  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Travel--Land--Carriage  Search this

Occupation--Religion--Cardinal  Search this

Architecture exterior--Religious--Church  Search this

Cityscape--Italy--Rome  Search this

Cityscape--Foreign--Italy  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Control number:

AECI 05300065

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_100645

Artist:

Heilbuth, Ferdinand  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Travel--Land--Carriage  Search this

Occupation--Religion--Cardinal  Search this

Architecture exterior--Religious--Church  Search this

Cityscape--Italy--Rome  Search this

Cityscape--Foreign--Italy  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Control number:

AECI 05310066

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_100819

Artist:

Heilbuth, Ferdinand  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Ceremony--Religion--Benediction  Search this

Figure(s) In Interior--Religious  Search this

Architecture--Religious--Vatican  Search this

Control number:

AECI 05320050

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_100977

Artist:

Heilbuth, Ferdinand  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Architecture--Vehicle--Carriage  Search this

Occupation--Religion--Cardinal  Search this

Control number:

AECI 05300066

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_100646

Artist:

Heilbuth, Ferdinand  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Exhibition Catalogs

Date:

1876

Topic:

Architecture--Vehicle--Carriage  Search this

Occupation--Religion--Cardinal  Search this

Control number:

AECI 05310067

Data Source:

Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_aeci_100820