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Names:

Artists' Fund Society  Search this

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Meredith, William M. (William Morris), 1799-1873  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

6 Items ((on 6 fr. of microfilm))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

[1817-1843 and undated]

Scope and Contents:

An invitation to William Meredith for the eighth annual exhibition of the Artists' Fund Society "Private View," Apr. 3, 1843; circular letters, Mar. 13, 1834 and Oct. 1834, concerning the finances of the Pennsylvania Academy and the durability of the members. The first letter is signed by Joseph Hopkinson and the second by William Strickland, Henry Inman, Charles Graff, Cephas G. Childs, J. K. Kane, and Nathan Dunn. Also, correspondence between David Hosack and William Meredith, Jan. 12 and 18, 1817, about Thomas Sully's portrait of Gouverneur Morris; and a letter to Nicholas Biddle from Rembrandt Peale, concerning a portrait of Mr. Dennie and a copy for Biddle, with a note by Biddle at the bottom of the page.

Provenance:

Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.

Restrictions:

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

Identifier:

AAA.histsocp

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9047a8dcc-09d0-47ae-a18d-a441a9d0ab24

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-histsocp

Creator:

Gardiner, Edward Carey, ca. 1879-1945  Search this

Names:

Pennington family  Search this

Baird, Henry Carey, 1825-1912  Search this

Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879  Search this

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839  Search this

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888  Search this

Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886  Search this

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this

Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859  Search this

Mason, William, fl. 1808-1844  Search this

Page, William, 1811-1885  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872  Search this

Sartain, John, 1808-1897  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848  Search this

Thorpe, Thomas Bangs, 1815-1878  Search this

Extent:

Partial microfilm reel.

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1794-1872

Scope and Contents:

Selected papers from the Carey and Pennington family papers, and the Henry Carey Baird papers, relating to art, artists, engraving and publishing.

Included are: nine letters from Benjamin Tanner to Mathew Carey, Mar.12, 1794-Dec. 3, 1794, about engraving maps of China and Russia from copper plates for Carey; letters to Henry C. Carey from Thomas Buchanan Read, 1856, inviting Carey to spend an evening with him to meet Frank Goodrich, Paris correspondent of the New York Times; from Rembrandt Peale, 1859, announcing an exhibition of his paintings at his home with a view of disposing of them; from D.H. Mason, 1872, regarding an exchange of portraits and other subjects; from Charles Robert Leslie, 1834-1859 (7 items), about Leslie's position as Drawing Master at West Point, a proposed visit to England, Leslie's opinion of Paris, and other subjects;

from Daniel Huntington, 1850-1870 (5 items), concerning borrowing a printing copies of Carey's paintings; from Thomas Sully, 1862, thanking Carey for his approval of Sully's son's conduct as a soldier; and three receipts to Carey for subscriptions to the Sully Fund for the years 1868, 1869, and 1871, signed by James Claghorn, Treasurer. Edward L. Carey papers include a letter from F.O.C. Darley, April 21, 1845, about designs for "Simon Luggs"; from William Page, Mar. 17, 1843, wishing to exhibit "Young Traders" at the National Academy; and from John Cheney, Nov. 18, 1843, about his brother and the artist Daniel Huntington; an account of Powers' bust of Proserpine once owned by Carey; and a resoultion of the National Academy of Design regarding the death of Carey, June 23, 1845.

Items selected from the Henry Carey Baird papers include: copyright papers and letters to Baird, 1845-1855, relating to the publication of Thomas Bangs Thorpe's book The Mysteries of the Backwoods; two letters from Thomas Sully, July 6, 1856, reminding Baird of the portrait, and Dec. 2, 1857, regarding Baird's paper on the "money panic"; a letter from John Sartain, May 24, 1850, ordering 75 cuts of flowers for some books being prepared; from John Rogers, Nov. 28, 1872, about Carey's "Unity of Law"; from William Mason, June 5, 1851, concerning some drawings of Mason's spinning machine; from Daniel Huntington, May 22 and July 27, 1850 about two paintings loaned by Carey and the delay in returning them; and a letter from P.S. Duval, Jan. 5, 1852, about drawings of 8 plates of flowers, done to test lithography for that type of work.

Two items from the Pennington family section include a clipping of "Penn's Treaty with the Indians" by Benjamin West, owned by Henry Pennington; and a letter to John Pennington from G. McMurtrie, 1853, regarding Thomas Sully.

Biographical / Historical:

Carey, Baird and Pennington families were prominent in publishing, politics, and cultural and economic affairs of Pennsylvania.

Provenance:

Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.

Restrictions:

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

Identifier:

AAA.gardedwa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91c1c6507-cf73-4bb5-a284-fb03839027d4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gardedwa

Collector:

Fales, De Coursey, 1888-1966  Search this

Names:

Cousins, Samuel, 1801-1887  Search this

Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924  Search this

Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 1813-1892  Search this

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

9 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1838-1865

Scope and Contents:

Four letters and a note from Samuel Cousins to various people, one of which is to Thomas Sully enclosing proofs of engravings; a 5-page holograph poem by Palmer Cox; a poem by Christopher P. Cranch and a letter requesting that his poems be printed because he is "much in need of money"; and a letter from Felix O. C. Darley about the cast of "McClellan."

Biographical / Historical:

Banker, art collector; New York City.

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.

Occupation:

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

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.falede

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98f67d039-3e33-4e67-87d4-2920dbe69835

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-falede

Creator:

Meredith, William M. (William Morris), 1799-1873  Search this

Names:

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820  Search this

Extent:

5 Items ((on 5 fr. of microfilm))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1804-1827

Scope and Contents:

REEL P20: Letters to William Meredith from Gertrude Meredith, Sept. 26, 1805, Joseph Hopkinson, Feb. 24, 1827, John R. Murray, Nov. 10, 1804, all concerning the Academy of Fine Arts, and from Washington Irving, Nov. 4, 1807, introducing Thomas Sully.

REEL P24: Three pages about the meeting of Benjamin West and Napoleon, Feb. 2, 1817.

Biographical / Historical:

Lawyer and President of Schuylkill Bank, Philadelphia, Pa.

Provenance:

Microfilmed by the Historical Society Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.

Restrictions:

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

Identifier:

AAA.merewill

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9948f4319-5ddd-40f4-a7b6-7330f82539fd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-merewill

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

3 Items ((619 p. on 1 microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1792-1871

Scope and Contents:

Register of paintings, 1801-1871 (1 v., 139 p.); Sully's hints for pictures, 1809-1871 (179 p. typescript), including techniques for painting portraits, ingredients for colors, care and preservation of paintings, criticisms of other artists and explanations of their paintings and techniques; and a journal, 1792-1793 and 1799-1846 (1 v., 301 p. typescript).

Biographical / Historical:

Portrait painter; Philadelphia, Pa.

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.

Occupation:

Portrait painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Topic:

Prints -- Technique  Search this

Prints -- 19th century  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.sullthom2

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e9ddf633-8bc6-419f-9005-f0496639f89b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sullthom2

Creator:

Sill, Joseph, 1801-1854  Search this

Names:

Art-Union of Philadelphia  Search this

Artists' Fund Society  Search this

National Academy of Design (U.S.)  Search this

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Audubon, John James, 1785-1851  Search this

Audubon, Victor Gifford, 1809-1860  Search this

Carey, Edward L., 1806-1845  Search this

Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896  Search this

Hubard, William James, 1807-1862  Search this

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this

Lambdin, James Reid, 1807-1889  Search this

Leutze, Emanuel, 1816-1868  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872  Search this

Neagle, John, 1796-1865  Search this

Page, William, 1811-1885  Search this

Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895  Search this

Sartain, John, 1808-1897  Search this

Saunders, George Lethbridge, 1807-1863  Search this

Shaw, Joshua, 1776-1860  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Watmough, Edward  Search this

Waugh, Samuel Bell, 1814-1885  Search this

Weber, Paul, 1823-1916  Search this

Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889  Search this

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

Extent:

2 Items (partial microfilm reels)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1832-1854

Scope and Contents:

Ca. 850 pages of selected art related excerpts from Sill's diaries. The diaries date from 1832 to 1854 and document his own painting activities, his association with the Artists and Amateurs Association, Artists' Fund Society, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He gives his reactions to the work of other artists as seen in exhibitions in Philadelphia and New York, especially at the National Academy of Design, as well as in private collections. He writes about panoramas shown in Philadelphia, purchases of works of art for himself and others, commissions to artists to paint pictures for him, etc. In particular he writes frequently of his friend, the collector and patron Edward L. Carey, and of Carey's collection. He often mentions John Sartain, James R. Lambdin, Peter F. Rothermel, Daniel Huntington, Thomas Sully, William H. Furness, Emanuel Leutze, George L. Saunders, Samuel B. Waugh, Paul Weber, William J. Hubard, Monachesi, and John Neagle. He tells of the founding and subsequent activities of the Art-Union of Philadelphia; the sale of Joshua Shaw's paintings and his misfortunes; the work and ill natured personality of William Page; meeting with and a drawing and description of John J. Audubon; a controversy between Robert W. Weir and Samuel F. B. Morse about who will paint the Mayflower Compact; V. G. Audubon's efforts to get subscribers for his father's book; and Bowen's lithographic shop.

He characterizes Edward Watmough and William E. Winner.

Biographical / Historical:

Collector, amateur painter; Philadelphia, Pa.

Provenance:

Microfilmed for the Archives of American Art in 1955 by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Diaries donated to the Society by Edward Madiera.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Art patrons -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Topic:

Art, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Diaries  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.silljose

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9851e01eb-08d8-486d-ace9-e1eb4cbdcd72

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-silljose

Creator:

American Philosophical Society  Search this

Names:

Artists' Fund Society  Search this

Artists' and Amateurs' Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Columbian Society of Artists  Search this

Society of Artists of the United States  Search this

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848  Search this

Audubon, Victor Gifford, 1809-1860  Search this

Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824  Search this

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844  Search this

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790  Search this

Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815  Search this

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826  Search this

Kane, John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858  Search this

Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903  Search this

Ord, George, 1781-1866  Search this

Patterson, Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854  Search this

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this

Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885  Search this

Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851  Search this

Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Vaughan, John, 1756-1841  Search this

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820  Search this

Extent:

3 Microfilm reels (3 partial microfilm reels)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1784-1954

Scope and Contents:

The microfilmed American Philosophical Society selected records contain art related letters; committee reports; registrar's and curators' records; pamphlets; and exhibition catalogs from the archives of the American Philosophical Society. Many of the letters are to the Society's secretary and librarian John Vaughan; a few are to the Society's presidents Thomas Jefferson and Peter S. Du Ponceau, and officials John K. Kane and J. Peter Lesley. Among the correspondents are Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin West, Charles Willson Peale, Jacob Perkins, Philip Tidyman, Charles B. Lawrence, John Trumbull, Thomas Sully, Joseph Delaplaine, Robert Patterson, John Quincy Adams, Titian Ramsay Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Victor G. Audubon, and Robert Fulton.

Also included are copies of the registrar's cards for portraits and busts owned by the Society, arranged alphabetically by sitter; "Preliminary Notes, Biographical Sketches, and Memoranda chronologically arranged, for insertion in the Curator's Catalog of Portraits, Busts, and Bas-Reliefs in the Collection of the American Philosophical Society. Illustrated by photographs taken from the originals by Mrs. Julius A. Sachese, member APS"; circa 25 exhibition catalogs and pamphlets (1811-1840) for exhibitions of the Society of Artists of the United States, Columbian Society of Artists, Artists' Fund Society, Artists' and Amateurs' Association, and for works by Thomas Sully, Gilbert Stuart, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Joseph Delaplaine, and others; and newspaper clippings (1917) about the controversy surrounding portraits by Albert Rosenthal hung in Independence Hall (reel P36, frames 372-401).

Biographical / Historical:

The American Philosophical Society (founded 1743) is a scholarly organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the American Philosophical Society "promotes useful knowledge" through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.

Related Materials:

The American Philosophical Society holds the American Philosophical Society archives, 1743-1984.

Provenance:

Microfilmed for the Archives of American Art, 1955. The letters are mainly American Philosophical Society records, but many were pulled from ASP's Misc. Mss. and various other collections, and microfilmed in no apparent order. Descriptive cards microfilmed with each letter indicate location of originals.

Restrictions:

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

Topic:

Portraits -- Private collections -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Function:

Arts organizations -- Pennsylvania

Learned institutions and societies

Identifier:

AAA.amerphil

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c176adef-5e2c-4a3e-b4b9-b86acb745b22

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-amerphil

Creator:

Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851  Search this

Names:

Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this

Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889  Search this

Cogdell, John S. (John Stevens), 1778-1847  Search this

Herring, James, 1794-1867  Search this

Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869  Search this

Pettrich, Ferdinand, 1798-1872  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

White, John Blake, 1781-1859  Search this

Extent:

17 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1824-1844

Scope and Contents:

Letters to Poinsett from: John S. Cogdell (Dec. 20, 1824 and Aug. 29, 1834); Thomas Sully (5- Dec. 27, 1825 - Apr. 20, 1828); James Herring (Sept. 21, 1837); James B. Longacre (July 10, 1838); John B. White (Mar. 10, 1839 and Apr. 1844); George Catlin (c. 1839 and Nov. 24, 1839); Ferdinand Pettrich (Jan. 6, 1840); and John G. Chapman (Feb. 4, 1841). Also included are a letter to Pettrich from P. O'Neill (Jan. 1, 1840), and from Herring to James Lawrenson (Jan. 27, 1839).

Biographical / Historical:

American agent to Latin America and Secretary of War in the Van Buren administration.

Provenance:

Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Selected for microfilming from the Joel Roberts Poinsett papers, 1785-1851 by Frances Lichten.

Restrictions:

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

Identifier:

AAA.poinjoel

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw937e33193-45b8-4295-8778-63ca90c6414f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-poinjoel

Creator:

Historical Society of Pennsylvania  Search this

Names:

Carey & Hart  Search this

Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911  Search this

Abbey, Mary Gertrude, d. 1931  Search this

Alexander, Archibald, 1772-1851  Search this

Allston, Washington, 1779-1843  Search this

Bayley, Frank W.  Search this

Beale, Pennel  Search this

Belcher, Wm. (William)  Search this

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Brodhead, Col  Search this

Burrell, B.  Search this

Carey, Edward L., 1806-1845  Search this

Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879  Search this

Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this

Ceracchi, Giuseppe, 1751-1801  Search this

Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889  Search this

Cheney, John, 1801-1885  Search this

Clarke, Miss  Search this

Claypoole, James, Sr., 1720-1796  Search this

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834  Search this

Cox, James, 1751-1834  Search this

Curren, Mr  Search this

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888  Search this

Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824  Search this

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808  Search this

Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824  Search this

Donnehue, Humphrey  Search this

Du Simitière, Pierre Eugène, ca. 1736-1784  Search this

Duane, William J. (William John), 1780-1865  Search this

Dunlap, William, 1766-1839  Search this

Eliot, S.  Search this

Elliott, James B.  Search this

Elwyn, Langdon, Mrs.  Search this

Fielding, Mantle, 1865-1941  Search this

Francis, John W. (John Wakefield), 1789-1861  Search this

Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944  Search this

Gillingham, Harrold E. (Harrold Edgar), 1864-1954  Search this

Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852  Search this

Harding, George, 1882-1959  Search this

Hayes, Charles P.  Search this

Hollingsworth, Levi, 1739-1824  Search this

Hosack, David, 1769-1835  Search this

Howell, Mr.  Search this

Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879  Search this

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this

Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this

Jackson, William  Search this

Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893  Search this

Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921  Search this

Kimball, Henry H. (Henry Hastings), b. 1835  Search this

Lambdin, James Reid, 1807-1889  Search this

Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891  Search this

Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903  Search this

Lippincott, J. B. (Joshua Ballinger), 1813-1886  Search this

Livermore, George, 1809-1865  Search this

Low, Will Hicok, 1853-1932  Search this

Madison, James, 1751-1836  Search this

Marchant, Edward Dalton, 1806-1887  Search this

Martin, John Hill, 1823-1906  Search this

McAllister, John A.  Search this

McMurtrie, James, fl. 1843-1864  Search this

Monaghan, James  Search this

Montgomery, John C., Mrs.  Search this

Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917  Search this

Murray, J.  Search this

Myers, Albert Cook, 1874-1960  Search this

Nathans, Isabella  Search this

Nathans, Rebecca  Search this

Neagle, John, 1796-1865  Search this

Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864  Search this

Ogden, C. S.  Search this

Otis, Bass, 1784-1861  Search this

Paca, John  Search this

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809  Search this

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this

Peale, Franklin, 1795-1870  Search this

Peale, James, 1789-1876  Search this

Peale, Mary Jane, 1827-1902  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885  Search this

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this

Penrose, Clement B. (Clement Biddle), 1832-1911  Search this

Piggot, Robert, 1795-1887  Search this

Randolph, Benjamin, 1737 or 8-1791  Search this

Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872  Search this

Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905  Search this

Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796  Search this

Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939  Search this

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this

Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895  Search this

Rush, William, 1756-1833  Search this

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

Sartain, John, 1808-1897  Search this

Schoff, Stephen Alonzo, 1818-1904  Search this

Schreiner, Jacob  Search this

Shrigley, James, 1814-1891  Search this

Smith, Russell, 1812-1896  Search this

Snowden, James Ross  Search this

Snyder, W. D.  Search this

Somerville, Dr.  Search this

Stanbridge, J. C.  Search this

Stephens, Charles H., 1855?-1931  Search this

Stone, Frederick D. (Frederick Dawson), 1841-1897  Search this

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Syng, Philip, 1703-1789  Search this

Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927  Search this

Troth, Henry, 1794-1842  Search this

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852  Search this

Vaux, Mr  Search this

Ward, Townsend, 1817?-1885  Search this

Wells, William Hill, 1769-1829  Search this

Wharton, Geo. M. (George Mifflin), 1808-1870  Search this

Wharton, Mr  Search this

Wharton, Thomas Kelah, 1814-1862  Search this

Williams, Henry, 1828-1893  Search this

Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867  Search this

Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813  Search this

Woodside, John Archibald, 1781-1852  Search this

Wright, Patience Lovell, 1725-1786  Search this

Wylie, Samuel B. (Samuel Brown), 1773-1852  Search this

Extent:

2 Reels (ca. 150 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reels

Date:

1760-1935

Scope and Contents:

Letters, mainly from artists, and documents selected from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's miscellaneous manuscript collection (Society Collection). Letters are to various people; 46 of them are to Townsend Ward and a few are to John A. McAllister, photographer. Many of the letters refer to paintings, portraits, commissions, and awards.

Writers of letters include: Edwin Austin Abbey, Mary Gertrude Abbey, F.W. Bayley, Albert Bierstadt, George Catlin, Joseph Ceracchi, John Gadsby Chapman, John Cheney, James Claypool, James Cox, F.O.C. Darley, Joseph Delaplaine, Humphrey Donnehue, William Dunlap, Pierre Eugene Du Simitiere, S. Eliot, Charles Fevret De Saint-Memin, Charles Dana Gibson, Harold Edgar Gillingham, Horatio Greenough, George Harding, Levi Hollingsworth, William Morris Hunt, Daniel Huntington, Henry Inman, Horatio Gates Jones, James Reid Lambdin, Will Hicok Low, Edward Dalton Marchant, William Henry Moody, John Neagle, Albert Newsam, Bass Otis, Thomas Paine, Charles Willson Peale, Franklin Peale, James Peale, Jr., Mary Jane Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Titian Ramsay Peale, Joseph Pennell, Clement Penrose, Robert Piggot, Thomas Buchanan Read, William Trost Richards, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, Peter Frederick Rothermel, William Rush, John Sartain, Stephen Alonzo Schooff (to Townsend Ward), Russell Smith, Charles H. Stephens, Thomas Sully, Philip Syng, John Vanderlyn, N.P. Willis, Alexander Wilson and Patience Wright.

Among the recipients of letters are Archibald Alexander, David S. Brown, William Belcher, Col. Brodhead, B. Burrell, Carey & Hart, Edward L. Carey, Henry C. Carey, Miss Clarke, Mr. Curren, Joseph Delaplaine, John Dickinson, Dr. Dickson, William Dillwyn, William Duane, James B. Elliott, Mrs. Langdon Elwyn, Mantle(?) Fielding, John W. Francis, Charles P. Hayes, David Hosack, Mr. Howell, Major William Jackson, Horatio Gates Jones, John W. Jordan, H.H. Kjmball, C.G. Leland, Joseph Leidy, J.B. Lippincott, George Livermore, James Madison, J. Hill Martin, John McAllister, James McMurtrie, James Monaghan, J. Murray, Albert Cook Myers, Rebecca and Isabella Nathans, John Neagle, C.S. Ogden, John Paca, Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, David Rittenhouse, Albert Rosenthal, John Sartain, Jacob Schreiner, James Shrigley, James Ross Snowden, W.D. Snyder, Dr. Sommerville, J.C. Stanbridge, F.D. Stone, Henry Troth, Mr. Vaux, Townsend Ward, William Hill Wells, G.M. Wharton, Thomas Wharton, Henry J. Williams, and Samuel B. Wylie.

Other items include a sonnet of S.T. Coleridge by Washington Allston; business card of Pennel Beale; catalog of medals and coins of silver in the possession of Hon. John Smith compiled by Du Simitière, 1772; printed address by Mrs. John C. Montgomery soliciting donations for the repair of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, destroyed by fire, 1845; William Morris Hunt's admission ticket to Peale's Museum, 1836, stating his height and weight; description of objects on display at the Peale Museum, 1820; a photograph and business card of Benjamin Randolph; invitations and notes to Gilbert Stuart; typescript by Frank H. Taylor on lithography, 1923; subscription book for engravings of paintings by John Trumbull; and a page from John Archibald Woodside's daybook, 1802-1803.

Provenance:

Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.

Restrictions:

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

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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

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

Identifier:

AAA.histsopa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e77b943a-266e-4a06-a6b8-eaf8b5c4139d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-histsopa

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:

Longacre family  Search this

Names:

Bolton, Theodore, b. 1889  Search this

Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this

Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886  Search this

Herring, James, 1794-1867  Search this

Longacre, Andrew, 1831-1906  Search this

Longacre, Augusta M.  Search this

Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869  Search this

Longacre, Lydia E. (Lydia Eastwick), 1870-1951  Search this

Neagle, John, 1796-1865  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

9 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Sketchbooks

Place:

Egypt -- description and travel

Date:

[ca. 1810]-1952

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, biographical and genealogical information, poems, notes, diaries, artwork, sketchbooks, photographs, business papers and printed material relating to the Longacre family, especially James Barton Longacre and Andrew Longacre.

REEL P1-P2: Correspondence and papers of James Barton Longacre, 1819-1857, mostly concerned with his position as engraver of the U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, and his publication THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS. Letters include correspondence with Asher B. Durand, James Herring, John Neagle, Thomas Sully and George Catlin. Additional material includes diaries, sketches and designs for coinage, a biography, autobiographical notes, and printed material.

REEL 986: Five sketchbooks, ca.1861-1894, of Reverend Andrew Longacre. Sketches depict landscapes, interiors, and monogram designs made in the United States, Europe, North Africa and the Near East. In addition there is a memoranda book kept by Longacre, ca. 1890.

REELS 1046-1048: Letters, including: correspondence between James and his wife; between James and Andrew during the Civil War; and Lydia Longacre's letters from Europe, 1899-1900; and letters from Theodore Bolton to Mrs. James M. Longacre about including James in his book, EARLY AMERICAN PORTRAIT DRAUGHTSMEN IN CRAYONS. Also included are biographical notes on James; an autobiography of Andrew; poetry and writings by James; accounts of a trip to Egypt by Andrew; financial documents relating to James; artwork; designs for coins and sketchbooks by James, Andrew and Lydia and material relating to an engraving of Charles Carroll by James.

REELS 1083 & 1050: Genealogical information on the Stiles and Longacre families; letters from Andrew to his father, James Barton Longacre, and his sister, Sallie, and other family members and friends; a copy of James Barton's 1825 diary; poems and compositions by Andrew; financial and business papers, 1898-1918; 28 photographs depicting portraits of James and Andrew, Lydia E. Longacre and her miniature paintings.

REEL 3091: Two engravings by James after paintings by Benjamin West and a letter from Augusta M. Longacre to Bolton regarding Bolton's biography of James.

Biographical / Historical:

Artists; Philadelphia and New York. James Barton Longacre was an engraver and portrait painter. Chief engraver at the U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, from 1844-1869. His engravings and portraits illustrate several books including THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS, and BIOGRAPHY OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. His son, Andrew Longacre was an engraver, watercolorist, and Methodist minister. His daughter, Lydia Longacre was a miniature painter, pupil of the Art Students League of New York, under Chase and Mowbray, and under Whistler in Paris.

Provenance:

Material on reels P1-P2 lent for microfilming by the Library Company of Philadelphia; Material on reel 986 lent 1975 by Fred Longacre; material on reels 1050 and 1083 lent 1975-1976 by Mrs. Andrew Longacre who also donated the material on reels 1046-1048 in 1982; material on reel 3091 donated 1981 by the NMAA-PG Library.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Stipple engravers  Search this

Miniature painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Portrait painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Topic:

Coin design -- United States  Search this

Engraving, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Portrait painting, American  Search this

Portrait prints, American  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.longlong

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9130a8ee5-ae6f-4edb-97fc-2595590921f1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-longlong

Creator:

Gilbert, George A.  Search this

Names:

Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869  Search this

Mason, S. Rufus  Search this

Mason, William, fl. 1808-1844  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (partial microfilm reel)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

[ca. 1810-1842.]

Scope and Contents:

Drawings, engravings and watercolors by Gilbert and other artists, including S. Rufus Mason, James Barton Longacre, Thomas Sully, and his teacher, William Mason.

Biographical / Historical:

Wood engraver, painter; Philadelphia, Pa.

Provenance:

Microfilmed 1955 by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Wood-engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Topic:

Wood-engraving  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.gilbgeor

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96c82f954-9fe5-4084-99a4-b910026e2b68

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gilbgeor

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Names:

Mercur, Rodney Augustus, b. 1851  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1811-1847  Search this

Extent:

3 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1831-1870

Scope and Contents:

Letters from Sully, one sending his autograph to Rodney A. Mercur, April 27, 1870; and to the Literary Society of Marshal College decling his election as an honorary member of the society, May 6, 1839; a copy of an engraving by John Sartain of Sully, signed by Sully; and a letter to "Jasper" from Sully's son, Thomas, Jr., responding for his father in his absence, July 1831.

Biographical / Historical:

Portrait painter; Philadelphia, Pa.

Provenance:

Donated 1955-1962 by Charles E. Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA.

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 -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Topic:

Portrait painting -- 19th century -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.sullthol

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c1a692ef-c9fc-49e0-a0e1-21ea3060e825

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sullthol

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Names:

Carroll, Charles, 1702-1782 -- Portraits  Search this

Extent:

2 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1827 and [undated]

Scope and Contents:

Letter to Charles Carroll, last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, October 10. 1827, regarding a portrait Sully painted of him; and a letter from Mary G. Ravenel to Robert Tyler of Philadelphia in which she mentions a Sully painting she has just received, n.y. March 2.

Biographical / Historical:

Portrait painter; Philadelphia, Pa.

Provenance:

Letter to Charles Carroll donated 1963 by Carnegie Book Shop. Letter to Robert Tyler donated 1966 by Jean Meissner and William T. Campbell, Jr.

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 -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Topic:

Portrait painting, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.sullthom

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98e364978-980e-463d-adee-1c05fee9a2b4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sullthom

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

1 Volume ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Date:

1837-1859

bulk 1837-1839

Scope and Contents:

Leatherbound manuscript, "Private Memorandum," including hints to painters interspersed with Sully's memoirs, quotations from letters, and other writings mostly concerning portrait painting techniques, such as preparation of canvas, mediums, varnishes, and the arrangement of colors on a palette. The main body of the volume was written between 1837 and 1839. At the end are three brief entries dated 1851 no month, 1858 Feb. 4, and 1859 Sept. 21.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming in 1991 by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.

Restrictions:

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

Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from the Winterthur Museum. 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.

Topic:

Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.sullthopm

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d605b060-e28b-446f-ac0c-f66022e4a436

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sullthopm

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:

Sully, Julia  Search this

Names:

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

1,650 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

[ca. 1730]-1948

Scope and Contents:

Biographical and genealogical material; writings; letters; photographs; research material on portraiture in Virginia; and research material on Thomas Sully.

REEL 1093: A card index of portraiture in Virginia, ca. 1730-1944, compiled by Sully, probably for Art Index Division. Information listed includes artist name, subject, size, date painted, owner, and description.

REELS 2524-2525: Biographical and genealogical information; writings and notes; postcards and letters; photographs of Sully and family members; monthly work reports for the Works Progress Administration Art-Index Division of the Virginia Conservation Commission, including clippings, notes, photographs, and correspondence on historical portraits and other art in Virginia. Also included is research material on Thomas Sully and letters from Isabella Sully regarding Robert Sully.

Biographical / Historical:

Historian; Richmond, Va.; b. 1870; d. 1948. Director of the Works Progress Administration Art Index Division in Richmond. Her great uncle was painter Thomas Sully.

Provenance:

Material on reel 1093 lent for microfilming by Virginia State Library. Material on reels 2524-2525 lent for filming 1982 by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Historians -- Virginia -- Richmond  Search this

Topic:

Portrait painting, American -- Virginia  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- Virginia  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.sulljuli

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a8aca8ff-4563-40a0-b474-005dd48f36e8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sulljuli

Creator:

Cummings, Thomas Seir, 1804-1894  Search this

Names:

National Academy of Design (U.S.)  Search this

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889  Search this

Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886  Search this

Durand, John, 1822-1908  Search this

Edmonds, Francis William, 1806-1863  Search this

Elliott, Charles Loring, 1812-1868  Search this

Gignoux, Régis François, 1816-1882  Search this

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this

Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this

Inman, Jane  Search this

Lang, Louis, 1814-1893  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872  Search this

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

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

1 Microfilm reel

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1826-1893

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, including a letterbook which contains some drafts of Cummings' own communications, and letters received; broadsides; and clippings.

Among the correspondents are many 19th century New York painters and National Academy of Design members, including Gorham D. Abbott, William Aspinwall, Anthony Barclay, Albert Bierstadt, Victoria Bellamy, Robert Bunch, Charles Butler, J. G.Chapman, Vincent Colyer, Mortimer De Motte, Asher B. and John Durand, F. W. Edmonds, Charles L. Elliott, Isaac Ferris, Hamilton Fish, Robert Fraser, William Gibbons, Régis Gignoux, R. K. Haight, Walter Harding, Daniel Huntington, Charles Ingham, Henry Inman and his widow Jane Inman (re proceeds from an Inman memorial exhibition organized by Cummings), William Kemble, Louis Lang, James Lenox, Edward Lester, Charles Leupp, John Lewis, Benson Lossing, James J. Mapes, James McMurtrie, John Morgan, George P. Morris, S. F. B. Morse, E.W. Perry, William H. Seward, D. Seymour, James Shegogue, John R. Smith, William Stillman, Russell Sturgis, Thomas Sully, Henry Tappan, Thomas Thorpe, T. B. Wakeman, Prosper Wetmore, and James Whitehorne.

Biographical / Historical:

Thomas Seir Cummings (1804-1894) was a miniature and portrait painter from New York, N.Y. One of the founders of the National Academy of Design.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1958 by the Century Association.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Portrait painters  Search this

Landscape painters  Search this

Miniature painters  Search this

Genre painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.cummthom

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d92a609d-2bb6-4c42-823d-69aaec8184e0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cummthom

Collector:

Zalesch, Saul E.  Search this

Names:

Brooklyn Art Association  Search this

Society of American Artists  Search this

Baldridge, C. LeRoy  Search this

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988  Search this

Bellows, George, 1882-1925  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Betts, Louis, 1873-1961  Search this

Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988  Search this

Champney, James Wells, 1843-1903  Search this

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900  Search this

Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924  Search this

Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856  Search this

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Duveneck, Josephine W. (Josephine Whitney), 1891-1978  Search this

Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco, 1853-1908  Search this

Foster, Ben, 1852-1926  Search this

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

Gropper, William, 1897-1977  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Indiana, Robert, 1928-  Search this

La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this

La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this

Lage, William Potter  Search this

Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997  Search this

Lippold, Richard, 1915-2002  Search this

Martin, Homer Dodge, 1836-1897  Search this

Merry, C. M.  Search this

Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912  Search this

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937  Search this

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this

Redfield, Edward Willis, 1869-1965  Search this

Rogers, John, 1829-1904  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Stankiewicz, Richard, 1922-1983  Search this

Story, Franklin H.  Search this

Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Teal, William P.  Search this

Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919  Search this

Williams, Gluyas, 1888-  Search this

Extent:

58 Items ((portions microfilmed on 1 reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1834-1973

Scope and Contents:

Artists' letters and documents collected by Zalesch and letters written to him in response to inquiries concnering autographs and biographical information.

REEL 3097: Twenty-six letters (1845-1973) written by George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Isabel Bishop, Frederick Stuart Church, Thomas Doughty, Ernest Fenollosa, Ben Foster, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, John La Farge, Homer Dodge Martin, Joseph Pennell, Edward Willis Redfield, John Rogers, John Singer Sargent, Richard Stankiewicz, Thomas Sully, and Elihu Vedder. Also included are a Harvard University bond for William Wetmore Story's tuition signed by Franklin H. Story (1834) and a biographical questionnaire completed by John La Farge for The Cyclopedia of American Biography (1925).

UNMICROFILMED: Letters written by Roy Lichtenstein, William Gropper, Gluyas Williams, Ordway Partridge, Frederick Burr Opper, James Wells Champney, C. Gray Parker, Ben Foster, Louis Betts, Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge, Richard Lippold, Romare Bearden, Isabel Bishop, Thomas Hart Benton, Richard Stankiewicz, and others; a brochure for a work of art by Robert Indiana; a certificate from The Brooklyn Art Association for one share of capital stock in the name of William Potter Lage; one page of correspondence documenting a decision made for the Society of American Artists containing a note from Francis D. Millet to J. Alden Weir, followed by a note from Weir to Frederic Church, signed "O.K." by Church.

Vol. XXVI, no. 5, Feb. 1924 periodical, Old Hughes, published by the students of Hughes High school in Cincinnati, Ohio containing a published exchange of letters between principal C. M. Merry and Josephine W. Duveneck, daughter-in-law of painter Frank Duveneck about the Hughes High School purchasing a painting by Duveneck, and a reminiscence of Duveneck by William P. Teal, head of the art department at Hughes High School.

Biographical / Historical:

Saul Zalesch, an art historian, began collecting artists' letters around 1981.

Provenance:

This collection of letters was lent for microfilming by Zalesch in 1984 (reel 3097). Zalesch donated an additional three letters in 1993, twenty-five in 1999, one letter in 2008, and a publication in 2009.

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 -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.zalesaul

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw944fc0c8c-cd38-4b95-87d2-9a809479294d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-zalesaul

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