A 27 page inventory of drawings and sketchbooks by American artists in the Rosenthal Collection in the Free Library of Philadelphia's Prints Department. The inventory lists artists, their dates, and titles of works in the collection donated by Albert Rosenthal.
Biographical / Historical:
Albert Rosenthal was a portrait painter, printmaker, writer and collector in Philadelphia. In 1927 he began donating a collection of 846 drawings by American artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries to the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming, 1954, by the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Topic:
Drawing, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Search this
Landscape sketches in pencil and crayon, some dated with titles.
Other Title:
Rosenthal Collection of Drawings by American Artists.
Provenance:
Microfilmed in 1990 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. The sketchbook is part of the [Albert] Rosenthal Collection of Drawings by American Artists that contains 846 drawings by 19th and 20th century artists, most of whom were illustrators.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Topic:
Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- United States Search this
