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National Portrait Gallery  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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Artist:

Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 13 Apr 1823 - 1 May 1906  Search this

Sitter:

Thomas Casimer Devin, 10 Dec 1822 - 4 Apr 1878  Search this

George Armstrong Custer, 5 Dec 1839 - 25 Jun 1876  Search this

Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, 14 Jan 1836 - 2 Dec 1881  Search this

William Hemsley Emory, 7 Sep 1811 - 1 Dec 1887  Search this

Philip Henry Sheridan, 6 Mar 1831 - 5 Aug 1888  Search this

James Birdseye McPherson, 14 Nov 1828 - 22 Jul 1864  Search this

George Crook, 8 Sep 1828 - 21 Mar 1890  Search this

Wesley Merritt, 16 Jun 1834 - 3 Dec 1910  Search this

George Henry Thomas, 31 Jul 1816 - 28 Mar 1870  Search this

Gouverneur Kemble Warren, 8 Jan 1830 - 8 Aug 1882  Search this

George Gordon Meade, 31 Dec 1815 - 6 Nov 1872  Search this

John Grubb Parke, 22 Sep 1827 - 16 Dec 1900  Search this

William Tecumseh Sherman, 8 Feb 1820 - 14 Feb 1891  Search this

John Alexander Logan, 9 Feb 1826 - 26 Dec 1886  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885  Search this

Ambrose Everett Burnside, 23 May 1824 - 13 Sep 1881  Search this

Joseph Hooker, 13 Nov 1814 - 31 Oct 1879  Search this

Winfield Scott Hancock, 14 Feb 1824 - 9 Feb 1886  Search this

John Aaron Rawlins, 13 Feb 1831 - 6 Sep 1869  Search this

Edward Otho Cresap Ord, 18 Oct 1818 - 22 Jul 1883  Search this

Francis Preston Blair, Jr., 19 Feb 1821 - 9 Jul 1875  Search this

Alfred Howe Terry, 10 Nov 1827 - 16 Dec 1890  Search this

Henry Warner Slocum, 24 Sep 1827 - 14 Apr 1894  Search this

Jefferson Columbus Davis, 2 Mar 1828 - 30 Nov 1879  Search this

Oliver Otis Howard, 8 Nov 1830 - 26 Oct 1909  Search this

John McAllister Schofield, 29 Sep 1831 - 4 Mar 1906  Search this

Joseph Anthony Mower, 22 Aug 1827 - 6 Jan 1870  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

304.8cm x 487.7cm (120" x 192"), Accurate

Type:

Painting

Date:

1865

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Military  Search this

Weapon\Sword  Search this

Exterior\Landscape\Battleground  Search this

Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Flag\Military  Search this

Hugh Judson Kilpatrick: Male  Search this

Hugh Judson Kilpatrick: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister  Search this

Hugh Judson Kilpatrick: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

John Aaron Rawlins: Male  Search this

John Aaron Rawlins: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War  Search this

John Aaron Rawlins: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

John Aaron Rawlins: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

George Gordon Meade: Male  Search this

George Gordon Meade: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

George Gordon Meade: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

George Gordon Meade: Science and Technology\Engineer\Military engineer  Search this

John Alexander Logan: Male  Search this

John Alexander Logan: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

John Alexander Logan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

John Alexander Logan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

John Alexander Logan: Politics and Government\US Senator\Illinois  Search this

John Alexander Logan: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Illinois  Search this

John Alexander Logan: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this

Winfield Scott Hancock: Male  Search this

Winfield Scott Hancock: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this

Winfield Scott Hancock: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Winfield Scott Hancock: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Winfield Scott Hancock: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this

Winfield Scott Hancock: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

George Armstrong Custer: Male  Search this

George Armstrong Custer: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Henry Warner Slocum: Male  Search this

Henry Warner Slocum: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Henry Warner Slocum: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this

Henry Warner Slocum: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Henry Warner Slocum: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Henry Warner Slocum: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this

Henry Warner Slocum: Politics and Government\US Congressman\New York  Search this

Henry Warner Slocum: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

Alfred Howe Terry: Male  Search this

Alfred Howe Terry: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Alfred Howe Terry: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Alfred Howe Terry: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

James Birdseye McPherson: Male  Search this

James Birdseye McPherson: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

James Birdseye McPherson: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this

James Birdseye McPherson: Science and Technology\Engineer\Military engineer  Search this

James Birdseye McPherson: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

George Crook: Male  Search this

George Crook: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

George Crook: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Edward Otho Cresap Ord: Male  Search this

Edward Otho Cresap Ord: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer  Search this

Edward Otho Cresap Ord: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Joseph Hooker: Male  Search this

Joseph Hooker: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer  Search this

Joseph Hooker: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

Joseph Anthony Mower: Male  Search this

Joseph Anthony Mower: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this

Joseph Anthony Mower: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Joseph Anthony Mower: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Captain  Search this

Joseph Anthony Mower: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Joseph Anthony Mower: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

Thomas Casimer Devin: Male  Search this

Thomas Casimer Devin: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this

Thomas Casimer Devin: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Thomas Casimer Devin: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this

William Hemsley Emory: Male  Search this

William Hemsley Emory: Literature\Writer  Search this

William Hemsley Emory: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer  Search this

William Hemsley Emory: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this

William Hemsley Emory: Science and Technology\Scientist\Astronomer  Search this

George Henry Thomas: Male  Search this

George Henry Thomas: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

George Henry Thomas: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Philip Henry Sheridan: Male  Search this

Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Colonel  Search this

Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Captain  Search this

Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General  Search this

Philip Henry Sheridan: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.: Male  Search this

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.: Politics and Government\US Senator\Missouri  Search this

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Missouri  Search this

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Missouri  Search this

William Tecumseh Sherman: Male  Search this

William Tecumseh Sherman: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

William Tecumseh Sherman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer  Search this

William Tecumseh Sherman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

William Tecumseh Sherman: Business and Finance\Banker  Search this

William Tecumseh Sherman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

John Grubb Parke: Male  Search this

John Grubb Parke: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

John Grubb Parke: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Oliver Otis Howard: Male  Search this

Oliver Otis Howard: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Oliver Otis Howard: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Oliver Otis Howard: Literature\Writer\Historical  Search this

Oliver Otis Howard: Education and Scholarship\Founder\University  Search this

Jefferson Columbus Davis: Male  Search this

Jefferson Columbus Davis: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Jefferson Columbus Davis: Law and Crime\Criminal\Murderer  Search this

John McAllister Schofield: Male  Search this

John McAllister Schofield: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War  Search this

John McAllister Schofield: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

John McAllister Schofield: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Wesley Merritt: Male  Search this

Wesley Merritt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Wesley Merritt: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Male  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Ambrose Everett Burnside: Male  Search this

Ambrose Everett Burnside: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad  Search this

Ambrose Everett Burnside: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\US Senator\Rhode Island  Search this

Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\Governor\Rhode Island  Search this

Gouverneur Kemble Warren: Male  Search this

Gouverneur Kemble Warren: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher  Search this

Gouverneur Kemble Warren: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer\Union army officer  Search this

Gouverneur Kemble Warren: Science and Technology\Engineer\Civil engineer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Harry Newton Blue in memory of her husband Harry Newton Blue (1893-1925), who served as an officer of the Regular U.S. Army 1917-1925

Object number:

NPG.66.37

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

2022 Rehang of Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900

On View:

NPG, East Gallery 121

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a4b278b3-8054-4445-a6cd-5c2ff5bac636

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.66.37

Artist:

Francis Alexander, 3 Feb 1800 - 27 Mar 1880  Search this

Sitter:

Daniel Webster, 18 Jan 1782 - 24 Oct 1852  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Stretcher: 76.2 x 63.5 x 3.8cm (30 x 25 x 1 1/2")

Frame: 95.3 x 82.6 x 7.6cm (37 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 3")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1835

Topic:

Daniel Webster: Male  Search this

Daniel Webster: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Daniel Webster: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Massachusetts  Search this

Daniel Webster: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State  Search this

Daniel Webster: Politics and Government\US Senator\Massachusetts  Search this

Daniel Webster: Politics and Government\US Congressman\New Hampshire  Search this

Daniel Webster: Education and Scholarship\Orator  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Mrs. John Hay Whitney

Object number:

NPG.98.71

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

2022 Rehang of Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900

On View:

NPG, East Gallery 110a

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm453ec5a5a-5efc-457a-89af-78f276642ae2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.98.71

Author:

Tate Gallery  Search this

Eton College  Search this

Subject:

Eton College Students  Search this

Physical description:

28 p. : ill., 12 ports. ; 25 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Portraits

Place:

Great Britain

Date:

1951

18th century

19th century

Topic:

Portrait painting  Search this

Portrait painting, British  Search this

Call number:

ND1314.4 .E96

ND1314.4.E96

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_145938

Subject:

Arnould, Reynold 1919-1980  Search this

Physical description:

30 p. ; 26 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

France

Date:

1970

1970?]

20th century

Topic:

Portrait painters  Search this

Portrait painting  Search this

Call number:

N40.1.A764 R4

N40.1.A764R4

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_146355

Author:

Art Gallery of New South Wales  Search this

Physical description:

24 p., 6 p. of plates ; 25 cm

Type:

Portraits

Exhibitions

Place:

Australia

Date:

1954

[1954?]

Topic:

Artists  Search this

Portrait painting  Search this

Portrait painters  Search this

Self-portraits  Search this

Call number:

N7618 .A79

N7618.A79

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_146453

Author:

Shawe-Taylor, Desmond  Search this

Wright, Joanne  Search this

Nottingham University Art Gallery  Search this

Scottish National Portrait Gallery  Search this

Physical description:

74 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 26 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

Great Britain

Date:

1987

[1987]

18th century

Topic:

Portrait painting, British  Search this

Portrait painting  Search this

Genius in art  Search this

Call number:

ND1314.4 .S537 1987

ND1314.4.S537 1987

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_331180

Author:

Eton College  Search this

Quarrie, Paul  Search this

Dulwich Picture Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Eton College Students  Search this

Physical description:

56 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Biography

Portraits

Place:

Great Britain

Date:

1991

1991]

18th century

19th century

Topic:

Portrait painting  Search this

Portrait painting, British  Search this

Call number:

ND1314.4 .E85 1991

ND1314.4.E85 1991

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_439301

Author:

Smith, Clive 1967-  Search this

Heartney, Eleanor 1954-  Search this

Marlborough Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Smith, Clive 1967-  Search this

Physical description:

32 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 30 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Date:

2005

C2005

21st century

Topic:

Portrait painting, English  Search this

Call number:

ND497.S562 A4 2005

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_801568

Artist:

Elaine de Kooning, 12 Mar 1918 - 1 Feb 1989  Search this

Sitter:

Robert Corless, 1939 - 1979  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Stretcher: 223.5 × 421.6cm (88 × 166")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1963

Topic:

Robert Corless: Male  Search this

Robert Corless: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Private collection

Object number:

EXH.EK.02

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Elaine de Kooning Trust

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm414a42275-101a-45f6-9701-08860be00e1c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_EXH.EK.02

Creator:

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this

Names:

Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964  Search this

Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942  Search this

Beckwith, J. Carroll (James Carroll), 1852-1917  Search this

Bevan, Edith Rossiter  Search this

Birch, Reginald Bathurst, 1856-1943  Search this

Cadwalader-Guild, Emma Marie, 1843-1911?  Search this

Castaigne, Andre  Search this

Coffin, William A. (William Anderson), 1855-1925  Search this

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851  Search this

Cory, Fanny Y.  Search this

Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919  Search this

Craig, Frank, 1874-1918  Search this

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931  Search this

Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944  Search this

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924  Search this

Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879  Search this

Hutt, Henry, b. 1875  Search this

Jay, John, 1817-1894  Search this

Keller, A. J.  Search this

Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955  Search this

Low, Will Hicok, 1853-1932  Search this

Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932  Search this

Morris, William, 1834-1896  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872  Search this

Mowbray, H. Siddons (Harry Siddons), 1858-1928  Search this

Newell, Peter, 1862-1924  Search this

Nicholls, Rhoda Holmes  Search this

Peabody, George, 1795-1869  Search this

Pearson, Ralph M., 1883-1958  Search this

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909  Search this

Rossiter, Ehrick Kensett, 1854-1941  Search this

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this

Sartain, William, 1843-1924  Search this

Scott-Moncrieff, David  Search this

Soglow, Otto, 1900-1975  Search this

Tack, Augustus Vincent, 1870-1949  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

Whitmore, Elizabeth  Search this

Extent:

0.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketches

Sketchbooks

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Date:

1840-1961

Summary:

The Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family papers measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1840 to 1961. Included are letters to painter Thomas Prichard Rossiter and letters to his son, architect Ehrick Kensett Rossiter, documenting their friendships with many artists and Thomas Prichard Rossiter's sketchbook and loose sketches. Edith Rossiter Bevan's papers include her writings on her grandfather, Thomas Prichard Rossiter; a scrapbook; photographs of the Rossiter family; notes by Bevan; news clippings; and other printed material. Also found is Bevan's collection of artists' letters.

Scope and Content Note:

The Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family papers measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1840 to 1961. Included are letters to painter Thomas Prichard Rossiter and letters to his son, architect Ehrick Kensett Rossiter, documenting their friendships with many artists. Notable letters are from James Fenimore Cooper, William Morris Hunt, John Jay, J. F. Kensett, William H. Morris, Samuel F. B. Morse, George Peabody, Cecelia Beaux, William A. Coffin, Daniel Chester French, Will H. Low, Gari Melchers, William Sartain, Augustus Vincent Tack, Dwight Tryon, and many others.

The collection contains Thomas Prichard Rossiter's sketchbook drawn while living in Italy in 1943, and three other sketches including a portrait of his family.

Also found are letters to Edith Rossiter Bevan and her writings on her grandfather, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, including a biography and checklist of his paintings. Bevan also compiled a scrapbook on his career and family history which includes drawings by Rossiter, photographs of the Rossiter family and his artwork, notes by Bevan, news clippings, and other printed material.

A collection of Edith Rossiter Bevan's artists' letters is found within the papers. Letters are from Alexander Archipenko, J. Carroll Beckwith, Reginald Birch, Emma M. Cadwalader-Guild, Andre Castaigne, Fanny Cory, Kenyon Cox, Frank Craig, Charles Dana Gibson, Jay Hambridge, Henry Hutt, A. J. Keller, Rockwell Kent, Fiske Kimball, David Scott Moncrieff, H. Siddons Mowbray, Peter Newell, Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, Ralph M. Pearson, Frederic Remington, Otto Soglow, and Elizabeth Whitmore.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 2 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family Papers, 1840-1961 (Box 1-2; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 2: Edith Rossiter Bevan Collection of Artists' Letters, circa 1891-1939, 1951 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Biographical Note:

Thomas Prichard Rossiter (1818-1871) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He first learned painting as an apprentice for a Mr. John Boyd, and also studied with Nathaniel Jocelyn. In 1838 he exhibited two paintings at the National Academy of Design, and in 1939 moved to New York City and opened a studio.

In 1840, Rossiter traveled to Europe with Asher B. Durand, John Kensett, and John Casilaer, and while there visited Rome with Thomas Cole. He decided to stay in Italy until 1846 when he moved to New York City and shared a studio with Kensett and Louis Lang. During this period he relied on portrait painting for his income, but also painted historical and religious paintings.

In 1851 Rossiter married Anna Ehrick Parmly and they toured Europe in 1853. They settled in Paris where Anna gave birth to twins Ehrick Kensett and Charlotte. Rossiter exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1855. Anna died shortly after the birth of their daughter Anna, and the family moved back to New York.

For a brief period of time Rossiter had an art gallery, exhibiting his work and the work of his friends. In 1860 he married Mary (Mollie) Sterling and moved his family to Cold Spring, New York on the Hudson River. He continued to paint portraits, historical, and religious paintings, and exhibited at the National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, until his death in 1871.

Ehrick Kensett Rossiter (1854-1941), named after his father's friend John Frederick Kensett, attended Cornell University and became an architect in New York as part of the firm Rossiter & Muller. He was a member of the Architectural League, United States Public Architects' League, and trustee of the American Fine Arts Society. In 1877 he married Mary Heath and they had three sons and a daughter. Their daughter Edith Rossiter Bevan was a historian and avid collector of historical autographs.

Related Material:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is a Thomas Prichard Rossiter letter to Elias Beirs dated January 12, 1840.

Provenance:

A portion of the collection was donated in 1957 by Edith Rossiter Bevan, daughter of Ehrick Kensett Rossiter, and granddaughter of Thomas Prichard Rossiter. Additional material was donated in 2007 by Patti Rossiter Ravenscroft, Rossiter's Great Great Granddaughter.

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:

Painters -- New York (State)  Search this

Topic:

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

Genre/Form:

Sketches

Sketchbooks

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family papers, 1840-1957. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.rossthom

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw972b743d7-b65e-4f8f-adad-58b96811325f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rossthom

Collection Creator:

Hills, Patricia  Search this

Container:

Box 44, Folder 34

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1998-2000

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is temporarily closed to researchers due to archival processing. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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.

Writings by Patricia Hills: The donor has retained all intellectual rights, including copyright, that she may own.

Collection Citation:

Patricia Hills Papers, circa 1900-2022, bulk 1968-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Patricia Hills papers

Patricia Hills papers / Series 2: Project Files / Eastman Johnson / Research Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ef9cbb0e-b6d9-480d-82ac-217480bd1278

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-hillspat-ref1549

Creator:

National Portrait Gallery  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2018-11-20T21:43:52.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

See more by:

NatlPortraitGallery

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

YouTube Channel:

NatlPortraitGallery

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_SZ90wmx4im8

Author:

Allenova, O.A  Search this

Gosudarstvennaia Tretʹiakovskaia galereia  Search this

Physical description:

191 p. : ports. ; 17 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

Soviet Union

Date:

1975

18th century

19th century

Topic:

Portraits, Russian  Search this

Anonymous painters  Search this

Portrait painting  Search this

Portrait painters  Search this

Call number:

ND1309.4 .N417

ND1309.4.N417

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_142910

Author:

Buscombe, Eve 1940-  Search this

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery  Search this

Physical description:

72 p. : ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

Australia

Date:

1979

19th century

Topic:

Portraits, Australian  Search this

Painting, Colonial  Search this

Portrait painters  Search this

Portrait painting  Search this

Call number:

ND1327.A85 B97

ND1327.A85B97

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_143254

Author:

Gosudarstvennyĭ russkiĭ muzeĭ (Saint Petersburg, Russia)  Search this

Borovskiĭ, A. D (Aleksandr Davydovich)  Search this

German, M. J  Search this

Městská knihovna v Praze  Search this

Národní galerie v Praze  Search this

Subject:

Gosudarstvennyĭ russkiĭ muzeĭ (Saint Petersburg, Russia)  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Date:

1988

Topic:

Portraits, Russian  Search this

Portrait painting, Russian  Search this

Call number:

ND1320.6 .G67 1988X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_478855

Author:

Ruszczycówna, Janina  Search this

Dziubek, Joanna  Search this

Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie  Search this

Physical description:

72 p., 71 p. of plates : ports. ; 24 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

Poland

Date:

1977

1977?]

17th century

18th century

Topic:

Portrait painting, Polish  Search this

Portrait painting  Search this

Call number:

ND1324.P7 P85

ND1324.P7P85

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_142447

Creator:

Bywaters, Jerry, 1906-1989  Search this

Subject:

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Jerry Bywaters papers, 1936-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Theme:

Latino and Latin American  Search this

Architecture & Design  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5444

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211288

AAA_collcode_bywajerr

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

Architecture & Design

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211288

Creator:

Bywaters, Jerry  Search this

Names:

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts  Search this

Extent:

1 Linear foot

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1936-1978

Summary:

The papers of Jerry Bywaters measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1936 to 1978. The papers document Bywaters' career as a painter and art historian through a resume, interviews, and other professional activity material; artist files consisting of interviews, resumes, clippings, and photographs of works for various artists; and exhibition announcements, catalogs, and other printed material.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Jerry Bywaters measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1936 to 1978. The papers document Bywaters' career as a painter and art historian through a resume, interviews, and other professional activity material; artist files consisting of interviews, resumes, clippings, and photographs of works for various artists; and exhibition announcements, catalogs, and other printed material.

Professional activity files consists of a resume, an interview with art historian Marla Redelsperger, two interviews which are mostly an account of Bywaters' life, and photographs of Bywaters and his artwork.

Artist files consist of files on various artists Bywaters researched during his career. Materials include resumes, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, interviews, and photographs of the artists or some of their works. Also included are two interviews with architect John Staub and Nina Cullinan who was associated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Bywaters did not conduct these interviews.

Printed material consists of exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, and the article, "Art Museums: Repositories, or Creative Centers?" written by Bywaters.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Professional Activity Files, circa 1953-1976 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Artist Files, 1936-1978 (0.6 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1943-1978 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1)

Biographical / Historical:

Jerry Bywaters (1906-1989) was an American artist, university professor, museum director, art critic and a historian of the Texas region. Based in Dallas, Bywaters worked to elevate the quality of Texas art, attracting national recognition to the art of the region. Bywaters was born in Paris, Texas in 1906, and he studied English at Southern Methodist University. In 1927 he began studying art while traveling through Europe, and he went on to study at Old Lyme Art Colony in Connecticut and at the Art Students League in New York City. Bywaters became known for producing landscapes, still lifes and portrait paintings, as well as lithographic prints and murals. In addition, Bywaters worked as an art and art history professor at Southern Methodist University, and he served as director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts from 1943 to 1964. Bywaters died in 1989.

Separated Materials:

Correspondence, reel 1512: Originals returned to Jerry Bywaters after microfilming. Some letters were subsequently filed in the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts Registrarial painting files; others are in Southern Methodist University Archives.

Provenance:

Donated 1979 by Jerry Bywaters except for the correspondence on reel 1512, which he lent for microfilming. Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Three photographs were inadvertently not microfilmed.

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.

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:

Museum directors -- Texas -- Dallas  Search this

Painters -- Texas -- Dallas  Search this

Topic:

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Jerry Bywaters Papers, 1936-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.bywajerr

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

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Creator:

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952  Search this

Extent:

86 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1895-2001

bulk 1898-1951

Scope and Contents:

The Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs, circa 1895-2001 (bulk 1898-1951) primarily relate to Curtis's work on his opus, the North American Indian (NAI), although other subjects are documented as well. The papers relate closely to the Edward S. Curtis papers at the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections (UW), as that collection was donated by Curtis's daughter Florence Graybill and appears to be part of the same body of materials that was maintained by Curtis, and after his death, by Florence. Occasionally a correspondence exchange or manuscript draft is divided between the National Anthropological Archives and UW. Also found in both collections are notes, mostly dated 1951, in Curtis's handwriting on slips of paper or the document itself that gives an explanation of the document.

The collection includes correspondence, research notes, NAI files and promotional material, writings and memoirs, a small amount of material relating to a complaint regarding his reporting in NAI of certain Pueblo ceremonies, and correspondence and other documents relating to his gold mining interests. Also included are papers of Florence Graybill, who published on Curtis after his death and maintained contacts with various individuals and entities involved in Curtis exhibits, publications, and sales.

The correspondence exchanges are almost exclusively NAI related and document the relationships Curtis had with various influential people, including Gifford Pinchot, Joseph Blethen, Jacob Riis, William Farabee, Smithsonian scholars Frederick Webb Hodge and Matilda Coxe Stevenson, and the immediate and extended family of Theodore Roosevelt. Included are letters of introduction for Curtis as he sought to promote his work.

The research notes consist of a small mixture of writings on field experiences as well as maps used during his fieldwork (the bulk of Curtis's fieldnotes and NAI manuscripts are at the Seaver Center in the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History). The NAI files chiefly contain material promoting the work, such as published reviews, articles, and ephemera, but there are a few North American Indian Inc. business records (the bulk of the business records are maintained at the Pierpont Morgan Library). Of note is a lengthy annual report for the North American Indian, Inc., in which Curtis explains difficulties encountered in the fieldwork and volume publication. Related to his NAI work are letters and other materials documenting a 1934 complaint from Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior on Curtis's reporting of certain Pueblo ceremonies, as well as Curtis's response.

The writings comprise manuscript drafts on various topics. Most are short, stand-alone stories relating to his NAI work, often relaying a story about his own experiences. Similar stories can be found in Florence Graybill's papers, as she published some of them after his death. Also part of the writings are drafts for several chapters of Curtis's unpublished memoir, "As it Was."

Curtis's interest in gold mining is represented in correspondence and other material dating from 1938-1950. Most of the letters are between Curtis and his son Harold. Curtis's invention of a concentrator for separating fine gold from placer tailings is also documented in photographs and drawings.

Florence Graybill's papers pertain to writings, talks, and projects relating to Curtis after his death. Included are publication files for Graybill's biography of Curtis written with Victor Boesen, Visions of a Vanishing Race, as well as other of her articles and book reviews. Graybill's correspondence reveals her commitment to assist scholars and others interested in researching and exhibiting Curtis material, as well as her communication with individuals having a commercial interest in Curtis. Also present are Graybill's lecture notes for talks given, and articles and newspaper features on Curtis written by others.

The photographs in this collection primarily relate to Curtis's NAI work (1898-1927) and are a mix of original and working copy negatives, prints, and transparencies. The original negatives are remarkable in that they reveal some of Curtis's working methods in crafting his images through pencil and other enhancements, as well as showing removal of unwanted items from the image. Also of note are two original logbooks used for recording negatives from approximately 1895-1916. The majority of the prints appear to be silver gelatin prints made for reference; however, there are a fair number of platinum prints as well as several blue-toned silver prints in the collection. There are only a few cyanotypes.

Among the photographs is a deerskin-bound photograph album containing Harriman Alaska Expedition and NAI photographs, representing some of Curtis's earliest Native American subjects. These include images of people from the Puget Sound area as well as from his 1900 trip to the Blackfoot reservation. There are no annotations in the album; however, tucked among the pages are a few small notes of identification in Curtis's handwriting.

Photographs documenting other subjects are also present to a lesser degree. Among these are photographs of Curtis's Seattle photography studio, a 1915 Grand Canyon trip, hop field workers in the Puget Sound area, and Curtis's illustrations for Marah Ryan's book Flute of the Gods. Additionally, the collection contains a number of photographs of Curtis, his children, and portraits of various individuals including Theodore Roosevelt and actor Anna May Wong.

Arrangement:

The Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs are arranged into the following 10 series:

Series 1: Biographical information, 1919-1952

Series 2: Correspondence, 1904-1951

Series 3: Research notes, 1900-1930, undated

Series 4: North American Indian, circa 1906-1920

Series 5: Writings, 1906, 1948, undated

Series 6: Complaint regarding Curtis's reporting of Pueblo ceremonies, 1924-1935

Series 7: Gold mining, 1938-1950

Series 8. Florence Curtis Graybill papers, 1948-2001

Series 9: Photographs, circa 1896-1927

Series 10: Duplicate material, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Edward Sherriff Curtis (1868-1952) was an American photographer famous for his photographs of the indigenous peoples of North America. His work was highly influential in shaping a sympathetic yet romantic view of cultures that he and many others believed to be "vanishing." Over the course of 30 years, Curtis visited more than 80 Native American communities and published his photographs and ethnographies in the twenty-volume North American Indian (NAI) (1907-1930).

Curtis was born in Whitewater, Wisconsin, to Ellen and Johnson Curtis in 1868. In about 1874, his family moved to a farm in Cordova, Minnesota. At a young age, Curtis built a camera, and it is possible that he may have worked in a Minneapolis photography studio for a time. In 1887, Curtis and his father moved West and settled on a plot near what is now Port Orchard, Washington, with the rest of the family joining them the following year. When Johnson Curtis died within a month of the family's arrival, 20-year-old Curtis became the head of the family.

In 1891, Curtis moved to Seattle and bought into a photo studio with Rasmus Rothi. Less than a year later, he and Thomas Guptill formed "Curtis and Guptill, Photographers and Photoengravers." The endeavor became a premier portrait studio for Seattle society and found success in photoengraving for many local publications. In 1892, Curtis married Clara Phillips (1874-1932) and in 1893 their son Harold was born (1893-1988), followed by Elizabeth (Beth) (1896-1973), Florence (1899-1987) and Katherine (Billy) (1909-?). Around 1895, Curtis made his first photographs of local Native people, including the daughter of Duwamish chief Seattle: Kickisomlo or "Princess Angeline." Curtis submitted a series of his Native American photographs to the National Photographic Convention, and received an award in the category of "genre studies" for Homeward (later published in volume 9 of the NAI). In 1896, the entire Curtis family moved to Seattle, which included Curtis's mother, his siblings Eva and Asahel, Clara's sisters Susie and Nellie Phillips, and their cousin William Phillips. Most of the household worked in Curtis's studio along with other employees. Curtis became sole proprietor of the studio in 1897, which remained a popular portrait studio but also sold his scenic landscapes and views of the Seattle Area. Curtis also sent his brother Asahel to Alaska and the Yukon to photograph the Klondike Gold Rush, and sold those views as well. Asahel went on to become a well-known photographer in his own right, primarily working in the American Northwest.

Curtis was an avid outdoorsman and joined the Mazamas Club after his first of many climbs of Mount Rainier. On a climb in 1898, Curtis evidently met a group of scientists, including C. Hart Merriam, George Bird Grinnell, and Gifford Pinchot, who had lost their way on the mountain, and led them to safety. This encounter led to an invitation from Merriam for Curtis to accompany a group of over 30 well-known scientists, naturalists, and artists as the official photographer on a maritime expedition to the Alaskan coast. Funded by railroad magnate Edward Harriman, the Harriman Alaska Expedition left Seattle in May of 1899, and returned at the end of July. Curtis made around 5000 photographs during the trip, including photographs of the indigenous peoples they met as well as views of mountains, glaciers, and other natural features. Many of the photographs appeared in the expedition's 14 published volumes of their findings.

In 1900, Curtis accompanied Grinnell to Montana for a Blackfoot Sundance. Here, Curtis made numerous photographs and became interested in the idea of a larger project to document the Native peoples of North America. Almost immediately upon returning from the Sundance, Curtis set off for the Southwest to photograph Puebloan communities. By 1904, Curtis had already held at least one exhibit of his "Indian pictures" and his project to "form a comprehensive and permanent record of all the important tribes of the United States and Alaska that still retain to a considerable degree their primitive customs and traditions" (General Introduction, the NAI) had taken shape and already received some press coverage. With his fieldwork now increasing his absences from home, Curtis hired Adolph Muhr, former assistant to Omaha photographer Frank Rinehart, to help manage the Seattle studio.

In 1904, Curtis was a winner in the Ladies Home Journal "Prettiest Children In America" portrait contest. His photograph of Marie Fischer was selected as one of 112 that would be published and Fischer was one of 12 children selected from the photographs who would have their portrait painted by Walter Russell. Russell and Curtis made an acquaintance while Russell was in Seattle to paint Fischer's portrait, and not long afterwards, Russell contacted Curtis to make photographic studies of Theodore Roosevelt's children for portraits he would paint. Curtis subsequently photographed the entire Roosevelt family, and developed a social connection with the President. Several important outcomes came of this new friendship, including Roosevelt eventually writing the foreword to the NAI, as well as making introductions to influential people.

Key among these introductions was one to wealthy financier John Pierpont Morgan, in 1906. After a brief meeting with Curtis during which he viewed several of Curtis's photographs of Native Americans, Morgan agreed to finance the fieldwork for the NAI project for five years, at $15,000.00 per year. It was up to Curtis to cover publishing and promotion costs, with the publication being sold as a subscription. In return, Morgan would receive 25 sets of the 20-volume publication. The ambitious publication plan outlined 20 volumes of ethnological text, each to be illustrated with 75 photogravure prints made from acid-etched copper plates. Each volume would be accompanied by a companion portfolio of 35 large photogravures. With high-quality papers and fine binding, a set would cost $3000.00. 500 sets were planned. Under Morgan, the North American Indian, Inc. formed as body to administer the monies. Also around this time, Frederick Webb Hodge, Director of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology, agreed to edit the publications.

Curtis then began more systematic fieldwork, accompanied by a team of research assistants and Native interpreters. In 1906, Curtis hired William E. Myers, a former journalist, as a field assistant and stenographer. Over the years, Myers became the lead researcher on the project, making enormous contributions in collecting data and possibly doing the bulk of the writing for the first 18 volumes. Upon meeting a new community, Curtis and his team would work on gathering data dealing with all aspects of the community's life, including language, social and political organization, religion, food ways, measures and values, and many other topics. (See box 2 folder 1 in this collection for Curtis's list of topics.) Curtis and his assistants, especially Myers, brought books and papers to the field relating to the tribes they were currently concerned with, and often wrote from the field to anthropologists at the Bureau of American Ethnology and other institutions for information or publications. In addition to fieldnotes and photographs, the team also employed sound recording equipment, making thousands of recordings on wax cylinders. Curtis also often brought a motion picture camera, although few of his films have survived.

The first volume of the NAI was published towards the end of 1907. Already, Curtis was encountering difficulty in finding subscribers to the publication despite great praise in the press and among those who could afford the volumes. Curtis spent progressively more of his time outside the field season promoting the project through lectures and in 1911, presenting his "Picture Musicale"—a lecture illustrated with lantern slides and accompanied by an original musical score—in major cities. After the initial five funded years, only eight of the twenty volumes had been completed. However, Morgan agreed to continue support for the fieldwork and publication continued.

Starting in 1910, Curtis and his team worked among the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation on Vancouver Island, and in 1913 began to develop a documentary film project featuring the community in Alert Bay. In 1914, Curtis produced the feature-length film, In the Land of the Headhunters. The film showcased an all-indigenous cast and included an original musical score. Screened in New York and Seattle, it received high praise. However after this initial success, it did not receive the attention Curtis had hoped for, and resulted in financial loss.

Meanwhile, Curtis's prolonged absences from home had taken a toll on his marriage and in 1919 Clara and Edward divorced. The Seattle studio was awarded to Clara, and Curtis moved to Los Angeles, opening a photography studio with his daughter Beth and her husband Manford "Mag" Magnuson. Daughters Florence and Katherine came to Los Angeles sometime later. Curtis continued with fieldwork and promotion of the project, and in 1922 volume 12 of the NAI was published. Also in 1922, Curtis was accompanied during the field season in California by his daughter Florence Curtis Graybill, the first time a family member had gone to the field with him since the Curtis children were very small.

Curtis continued to push the project and publications along, yet never without financial struggle and he picked up work in Hollywood as both a still and motion picture photographer. John Pierpont Morgan, Jr., continued to provide funding for the fieldwork in memory of his father, but with the various financial upsets of the 1910s and 1920s, Curtis had a difficult time getting subscribers on board. In 1926, Myers, feeling the strain, regretfully resigned after the completion of volume 18. Anthropologist Frank Speck recommended Stewart Eastwood, a recent graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, to replace Myers as ethnologist for the final two volumes.

In 1927, Curtis and his team, along with his daughter Beth Curtis Magnuson, headed north from Seattle to Alaska and Canada on a final field season. Harsh weather and a hip injury made the trip difficult for Curtis, but he was very satisfied with the season's work. The party returned to Seattle, and upon arrival Curtis was arrested for unpaid alimony. He returned exhausted to Los Angeles, and in 1930 the final two volumes of NAI were published without fanfare. Curtis spent the next two years recovering from physical and mental exhaustion. Beth and Mag continued to run the Curtis studio in LA, but for the most part, Curtis had set down his camera for good. With the NAI behind him and his health recovered, Curtis pursued various interests and employment; he continued to do some work in Hollywood, including working on The Plainsman, starring Gary Cooper.

In 1933 Curtis was publicly criticized by John Collier, the Commissioner for Indian Affairs for some of the statements he had made on certain Pueblo ceremonies in the NAI volume 16, published in 1924. In September of 1934 Curtis received a letter from Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior regarding the claims published in volume 16, demanding a printed apology to be distributed among the text of the book as well as removal of the offending text from any undistributed copies of the publication. Curtis spent months writing and compiling supporting documentation in his defense, which he submitted to Ickes in January 1935. Also in 1935, the Morgan estate liquidated the North American Indian, Inc. and sold the remaining sets of the NAI volumes and unbound pages, photogravures, and copper printing plates along with the rights to the material to Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat for $1000.00.

Curtis's interest in gold prospecting took a front seat in the mid-1930s. While he scouted for potentially profitable mines in Northern California, his friend Ted Shell and possibly his son Harold sought investors. However, nothing ever fully panned out, though Curtis did design and build a concentrator for separating fine gold from placer tailings. He later sold the patent for ten dollars. Eventually, Curtis settled down on a farm outside Los Angeles, moving later to live with Beth and Mag, where he stayed until his death. In the mid to late 1940s Curtis began to write his memoirs. His daughter Florence visited him regularly and typed as Curtis dictated his recollections, and at some point he completed a draft of a memoir titled "As it Was." He also went through his papers and annotated or tucked notes among the correspondence and other material giving a brief explanation of the item or its context. Curtis died at home in 1952.

Prior to his death, Curtis had been out of the public eye for some years, and the NAI had slipped into relative obscurity. The Curtis studio in Los Angeles continued to sell Curtis's Native American photographs, and Florence gave occasional talks on her father, but it wasn't until the early 1970s that Curtis's work saw a renewed interest. This renaissance took place largely in the art photography market, but Curtis's biography and the NAI were also getting treatment in publications. Florence Curtis Graybill partnered with Victor Boesen to produce two narrative histories of Curtis and his work, and these were followed by many others. Florence continued to publish short works on her father for many years, and stayed in touch with numerous people involved in projects both scholarly and commercial that related to Curtis's work.

Sources Cited

Davis, Barbara. Edward S. Curtis: the life and times of a shadowcatcher. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1984.

Gidley, Mick. The North American Indian, Incorporated. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Chronology

1868 -- Curtis is born in Whitewater, Wisconsin

circa 1874 -- Curtis family moves to Cordova, Minnesota

1887 -- Moves with his father to Washington territory to be joined by his mother and siblings in 1888

1891 -- With Rasmus Rothi forms Rothi & Curtis photography studio in Seattle

1892 -- Marries Clara Phillips With Thomas Guptill forms Curtis & Guptill Photographers and Photoengravers in Seattle

circa 1895 -- Becomes interested in photographing the indigenous people of the area

1897 -- Guptill leaves, Curtis establishes himself as Edward S. Curtis, Photographer and Photoengraver

1898 -- Meets C. Hart Merriam, George Bird Grinnell, and Gifford Pinchot during climb on Mount Rainier Receives first place award from the National Photographic Convention in the "Genre Studies" for his photographs of Native Americans

1899 -- Joins Harriman Alaska Expedition as official photographer at request of C. Hart Merriam and George Bird Grinnell

1900 -- Accompanies George Bird Grinnell to Blackfoot reservation in Montana for Sundance Becomes interested in a major project to document Native American tribes Travels to Arizona to photograph Hopi communities

circa 1902 -- Travels again to the southwest to photograph Native communities

1903 -- Holds first formal exhibit of Native American photographs in his studio

1904 -- Publicly announces intention to produce major publication on Native Americans Portrait entered in the Ladies Home Journal "Prettiest Children in America" contest is selected for publication and as a result, Curtis is asked to photograph President Theodore Roosevelt's family

circa 1904-1906 -- Conducts fieldwork among Native communities of the southwest

1906 -- Meets with J. P. Morgan, who agrees to finance the fieldwork for Curtis's project Hires William E. Myers as researcher and writer for the project

1907 -- Volume 1 of NAI is published

1908 -- Volumes 2 and 3 of NAI are published

1909 -- Volumes 4 and 5 of NAI are published

1911 -- Volumes 6, 7, and 8 of NAI are published Presents and tours the "Picture Musicale"

1913 -- J. P. Morgan dies, but his son agrees to continue to provide support for NAI Volume 9 of NAI is published

1914 -- Releases film In the Land of the Headhunters

1915 -- Volume 10 of NAI is published

1916 -- Volume 11 of NAI is published

1919 -- Edward and Clara Curtis divorce and the Seattle studio is awarded to Clara Moves to Los Angeles and opens new studio with daughter Beth and her husband, Manford Magnuson

1922 -- Volume 12 of NAI is published Conducts fieldwork in California with daughter Florence Curtis Graybill

1924 -- Volumes 13 and 14 of NAI are published

1926 -- Volumes 15, 16, and 17 of NAI are published William E. Myers resigns as chief writer and ethnologist of NAI

1927 -- Conducts fieldwork in Alaska and Canada for final NAI volume with daughter Beth Curtis Magnuson

1928 -- Volume 18 of NAI is published

1930 -- Volumes 19 and 20 of NAI are published

circa 1930-1950 -- Applies himself to various interests, especially gold mining

1952 -- Dies in Los Angeles at the home of Beth and Manford Magnuson

Related Materials:

The National Anthropological Archives holds additional Curtis papers and photographs in MS 2000-18, the Edward Curtis investigation of the battle of Little Bighorn and Photo Lot 59, the Library of Congress copyright prints collection.

The Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University holds Curtis's wax cylinder audio recordings from 1907-1913.

The Braun Research Library at the Autry Museum of the American West holds the Frederick Webb Hodge papers (1888-1931), which contain substantial correspondence from Curtis. The Braun also holds a small amount of Curtis papers and photographs, including some of Curtis's cyanotypes.

The Getty Research Institute holds the Edward S. Curtis papers (1900-1978), which include the original manuscript scores for the Curtis Picture Musicale and film In the Land of the Headhunters.

The Palace of the Governors at the New Mexico History Museum holds original Curtis negatives pertaining to the southwest.

The Pierpont Morgan Library holds the Edward S. Curtis papers (1906-1947), which contain the records of the North American Indian, Inc., as well as Curtis's correspondence to librarian, and later library director, Belle Da Costa Greene. The library also holds a large collection of Curtis's lantern slides, used in his Picture Musicale.

The Seattle Public Library holds correspondence of Curtis to Librarian Harriet Leitch (1948-1951), pertaining to his career.

The Seaver Center for Western History Research at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History holds collection GC 1143, which contains Curtis's field notes as well as manuscript drafts for the North American Indian.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian holds NMAI.AC.080, the Edward S. Curtis photogravure plates and proofs, as well as NMAI.AC.053, the Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs.

The University of Washington Libraries Special Collections holds the Edward S. Curtis papers (1893-1983). Additionally, the Burke Museum holds papers and photographs of Edmund Schwinke, which relate to Curtis's work with the Kwakwaka'wakw community.

Separated Materials:

Artifacts collected by Curtis that were a part of this donation comprise Accession No. 2058745 in the collections of the Department of Anthropology in the National Museum of Natural History.

Provenance:

The papers and photographs were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Jim Graybill, grandson of Edward S. Curtis, in 2010 and 2011.

Restrictions:

Viewing of the photographic negatives and transparencies requires advance notice and the permission of the Photo Archivist.

Access to the Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Sponsor:

Processing and digitization of parts of this collection was supported by funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee and the Small Research Grants program of the National Museum of Natural History.

Identifier:

NAA.2010-28

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National Anthropological Archives

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