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Collection Creator:

Archambault, Anna Margaretta, 1856-1956  Search this

Container:

Reel P026, Frame 652

Type:

Archival materials

Microform [P026.archambaul]

Date:

1924 July 15

Scope and Contents:

Letter to A. M. Archambault from Luther E. Hewitt, July 15, 1924, about a portrait by Sully.

Collection Restrictions:

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

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Anna Margaretta Archambault selected papers

Anna Margaretta Archambault selected papers / Series 1: Anna Margaretta Archambault selected papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c591b0b1-eefa-4201-887e-808581a51117

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-archanna-ref347

Collection Creator:

Library of Congress  Search this

Extent:

10 Items

Container:

Box 49

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Researchers may use prints on file in the Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Advance appointments are required.

Collection Rights:

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Collection Citation:

Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection, Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Sponsor:

Funding from the Smithsonian Womens' Committee provided support for an initial inventory of the collection.

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Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection of photomechanical prints of American art works

Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection of photomechanical prints of American art works / Series 1: Photomechanical prints

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ih7857d84bb-3c21-4b11-8fd9-d4da3bdcce01

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-saam-photo-loc-ref1378

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1825 March 21

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)7014

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Charles Henry Hart autograph collection, 1731-1918

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_7014

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this

Subject:

Catlin, George  Search this

Sully, Thomas  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1839 July 16

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)1355

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George Catlin papers, undated

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_1355

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Subject:

Carroll, Charles, 1702-1782  Search this

Topic:

Portrait painting, American  Search this

Theme:

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9502

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211700

AAA_collcode_sullthom

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211700

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Topic:

Prints -- Technique  Search this

Prints -- 19th century  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13439

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212408

AAA_collcode_sullthom2

Theme:

Diaries

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212408

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Subject:

Mercur, Rodney Augustus  Search this

Sully, Thomas  Search this

Topic:

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

Theme:

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10333

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213539

AAA_collcode_sullthol

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213539

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Topic:

Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Art Materials, Techniques, and Studio Art Education  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10787

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214428

AAA_collcode_sullthopm

Theme:

Art Materials, Techniques, and Studio Art Education

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214428

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Subject:

Wallace, Susan Binney  Search this

Theme:

Ephemera, Miscellany, and General Art Related  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10907

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214684

AAA_collcode_sullthow

Theme:

Ephemera, Miscellany, and General Art Related

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214684

Creator:

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Subject:

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain  Search this

Society of the Sons of St. George  Search this

Theme:

Ephemera, Miscellany, and General Art Related  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10928

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214705

AAA_collcode_sullthcb

Theme:

Ephemera, Miscellany, and General Art Related

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214705

Painter:

Sully, Thomas 1783-1872  Search this

Subject:

La Motte, Daniel  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas mounted on wood

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1983.76

Date:

1812-1813

Topic:

Portrait male--Waist length  Search this

Control number:

IAP 82120083

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_196793

Collector:

Gratz, Simon  Search this

Names:

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824  Search this

Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886  Search this

Humphreys, Joshua, 1751-1838  Search this

Otis, Bass, 1784-1861  Search this

Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827  Search this

Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824  Search this

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this

Extent:

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

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Reels

Date:

[ca. 1770-1921]

Scope and Contents:

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

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

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

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1955 by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Artists -- United States  Search this

Topic:

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

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

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

Identifier:

AAA.gratsimo

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

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

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gratsimo

Creator:

Hopkinson family  Search this

Names:

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791  Search this

Hopkinson, Joseph, 1770-1842  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843  Search this

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (partial microfilm reel)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1765-1859

Scope and Contents:

Letters, 1766-1767, from Francis Hopkinson regarding his stay with Benjamin West; letters, 1817-1840, to Joseph Hopkinson from or regarding artists, among them Clevenger, C.R. Leslie, Thomas Sully, Benjamin Trott, and John Trumbull (2 letters regarding sales to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the work of Benjamin West); letters from Hopkinson's tenure as President of the PAFA relating to exhibitions, purchases, donations and acquisitions including Murillo's "Roman Daughter" and other works by American and European artists, complaints from artists, loans and gifts from Hopkinson to other collections, the commission of a series of medals of generals based on paintings by Thomas Sully and Moritz Furst;

letters relating to Joseph Bonaparte, Count of Survilliers whom Hopkinson represented in legal and art matters, including requests for gifts from the Count's collection; an early biographial sketch of Joseph Hopkinson, and a list of the contents of the Bordentown house.

Biographical / Historical:

Prominent political family in Philadelphia, Penn. and Bordentown, N.J. Joseph Hopkinson was a U.S. Congressman, federal judge, president of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and a collector.

Provenance:

Microfilmed in 1991 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. Bound by the family in volumes, which are not chronological and later donated to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Only the art related materials were filmed from the approximately 6 linear feet of papers.

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 Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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

Occupation:

Museum directors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Art -- Commissioning  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.hopkhopk

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cde1401b-1f5f-4793-ab30-8ae1711b0504

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hopkhopk

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:

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:

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:

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

Names:

San Diego Arts Society  Search this

Berliner, Jacob, 1849-1918  Search this

Clonney, James Goodwyn, 1812-1867  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

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

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

Grigaut, Hubert L.  Search this

Hardy, Charlotte  Search this

Hardy, Jeremiah Pearson, 1800-1889  Search this

Heade, Martin Johnson, 1819-1904  Search this

Lehman, Robert, 1892-1969  Search this

Medina, Leon  Search this

Moran, Ruth B.  Search this

Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924  Search this

Shinn, Everett, 1876-1953  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

22.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

circa 1830-1983

bulk 1930-1970

Summary:

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

Scope and Contents:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 7 series.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Biographical / Historical:

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

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

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

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

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

Related Materials:

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

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

Provenance:

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

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Victor D. Spark papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

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

Topic:

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

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

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

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

Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art, American  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

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

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.sparvict

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Victor D. Spark papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sparvict

Creator:

Catlin, George, 1796-1872  Search this

Names:

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852  Search this

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

2.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photogravures

Date:

undated

1821-1904

Summary:

The collection comprises 2.3 feet of papers concerning George Catlin's creation and promotion of his famed "Indian Gallery" of paintings, drawings, and artifacts of North American Indians. Dating from 1821 through 1904, with one item dated 1946, the papers include letters, notebooks and journals, receipt books and loose receipts, printed materials, and other documentation. The bulk of the collection focuses on Catlin's efforts to promote the sale of his gallery to the United States government through tours, including London and Paris, and petitions to various governments to purchase the Gallery. Among the rare printed catalogs and petitions in the collection are exhibition catalogs for the U.S., London, and Paris tours, the earliest dating from 1837. Letters and other documents include letters dating from the 1830s from Henry Clay, Thomas Sully, and William Henry Seward commending Catlin's work, as well as Catlin family correspondence and papers dating from 1821 through the 1870s.

Scope and Contents note:

The collection comprises 2.3 feet of papers concerning George Catlin's creation and promotion of his famed "Indian Gallery" of paintings, drawings, and artifacts of North American Indians. Dating from 1821 through 1904, with one item dated 1946, the papers include letters, notebooks and journals, receipt books and loose receipts, printed materials, and other documentation. The bulk of the collection focuses on Catlin's efforts to promote the sale of his gallery to the United States government through tours, including London and Paris, and petitions to various governments to purchase the Gallery. Among the rare printed catalogs and petitions in the collection are exhibition catalogs for the U.S., London, and Paris tours, the earliest dating from 1837. Letters and other documents include letters dating from the 1830s from Henry Clay, Thomas Sully, and William Henry Seward commending Catlin's work, as well as Catlin family correspondence and papers dating from 1821 through the 1870s.

Of particular interest in the collection are letters to and from Catlin, including two written by Catlin during his early travels to the west in the 1830s. Other letters include ones from Henry Clay, John Adams Dix, Ralph Randolph Gurley, James Hall, William Henry Seward, Thomas Sully (illustrated), and Baron Friederich von Humbolt, among others. Most wish Catlin well and offer support in his endeavors to sell his collection.

Also found within the collection are several notebooks and notes describing Native American ceremonies, name translations, customs, and other information pertinent to Catlin's catalog, two volume book, and exhibitions of the "Indian Gallery." There are also numerous loose receipts and account and receipt books documenting the 1840s London and Paris venues of the "Indian Gallery" exhibition. The collection also houses printed catalogs for the exhibitions, including a rare 1837 catalog for the first show in New York.

Additional materials include certificates of authenticity testifying to the authenticity of Catlin's paintings from life of Native American sitters, announcements relating to exhibition openings, printed memorials and petitions to Congress, printed letters of support, envelopes and name cards, and handwritten tickets to Catlin lectures. Also found are a handwritten journal of Theodore B. Catlin, photogravures of Catlin, obituaries for Catlin, and printed reviews of the exhibitions.

Arrangement note:

The George Catlin papers are arranged into five series based primarily on document type. Within each series, materials are arranged in chronological order.

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1821-1885 (Boxes 1, 6; Reel 5824; 12 folders)

Series 2: Writings, 1825-circa 1872 (Boxes 1, 6; Reel 5824; 9 folders)

Series 3: Financial Records, 1826-1848 (Boxes 2, 6; Reels 5824-5825; 13 folders, 3 bound volumes)

Series 4: Catalogs, 1837-1871 (Boxes 3-5; Reel 5825; 1 linear foot)

Series 5: Ephemera and Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1832-1904, 1946 (Boxes 5-6, OV 7; Reel 5825; 14 folders)

Biographical/Historical note:

George Catlin was born in 1796 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Although trained as a lawyer, Catlin quit his law practice and moved to Philadelphia in 1823 to begin a career as a portrait painter. He gained membership in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1824, but his career in formal portraiture met with little success. In 1830, Catlin embarked upon his lifetime achievement of documenting the lives, customs, and culture of the declining native American population of the Plains. He spent the next six years traveling, drawing, painting, and writing about the Plains Indians. By 1837, he had amassed enough documentation to hold a major exhibition in New York of Catlin's Indian Gallery of Portraits, Landscapes, Manners and Customs, Costumes, etc. The same exhibition, with an added live show, traveled to London in 1842 and Paris in 1845, where it was met with rave reviews.

Catlin spent the remainder of his life gathering support for the sale of the Indian Gallery to the U.S. Congress. Between 1841 and 1842, at his own expense, Catlin wrote and published his two volume set Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. He also wrote numerous petitions and "memorials" to Congress, often including statements from national and international reputable supporters, such as Daniel Webster, General Lewis Cass, the Joint Committee on the Library (of Congress), and the American Ambassador to France. The Smithsonian Institution's first Secretary Joseph Henry strongly supported congressional acquisition of Catlin's work and even provided Catlin with a small studio in the Castle building. All of the appeals to the government for the purchase of the collection were, in the end, unsuccessful and Catlin died almost penniless in 1872.

Related Archival Materials note:

The Archives holds several related collections of differing provenances related to George Catlin, including a small collection of manuscripts and drawings microfilmed on reel 1191 related to Catlin's work in marine art and documentation. A microfilmed loan of circa 500 items is also available on reel 3277 of letters between Catlin and Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1840-1860, writings by Catlin and material on Catlin's Indian Gallery, including clippings, catalogs, handbills, invitations, drawings and portrait sketches of native Americans, and printed material; a watercolor sketchbook; a list of paintings; and miscellany. Also found within the Archives is one undated letter microfilmed on reel D8 from Catlin, and a collection of art historian William Truettner's research papers on George Catlin.

Provenance:

The papers of George Catlin were transferred to the Archives of American Art by the Library of the Smithsonian's National Collection of Fine Arts, now the Smithsonian's American Art Museum. Accession records indicate that the papers were once maintained by the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology and were probably part of the orginal 1879 acquisition of Catlin's Indian Gallery by the Smithsonian. Businessman Joseph Harrison rescued the "Indian Gallery" from Catlin's creditors in the 1850s and stored the collection in a Philadelphia warehouse, where it suffered damage from at least two fires before Harrison's widow donated the collection to the Smithsonian.

Restrictions:

A digitized version of the microfilm of this collection is available online via the Archives of American Art website.

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:

Portrait painters  Search this

Painters  Search this

Ethnological painters  Search this

Topic:

Miniature painters  Search this

Indians of North America -- Portraits  Search this

Illustrators  Search this

Ethnological illustrators  Search this

Art and race  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photogravures

Citation:

George Catlin papers, 1821-1946. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.catlgeor

See more items in:

George Catlin papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw901da216a-4af5-4fb1-921e-380885df19ae

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-catlgeor

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  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:

Eaton, Charles James Madison, 1808-1893  Search this

Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873  Search this

Names:

Kellogg, Miner K. (Miner Kilbourne), 1814-1889  Search this

Lester, C. Edwards (Charles Edwards), 1815-1890  Search this

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872  Search this

Extent:

21 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1845-1867

Scope and Contents:

Nineteen letters from Hiram Powers in Florence to Eaton, 1845-1867, concerning: the future of the Fine Arts in America; sculpture for the Capitol building; government patronage and politics; his commissions for portrait busts and ideal figures; his biographer, C.E. Lester, whom Powers rejects as "a scroundrel capable of any amount of falsehood"; the London exhibition and the American tour of the sculpture the GREEK SLAVE; European reaction to the outcome of the American Civil War; the art community in Florence; Powers' 1846 trip to Turin and Rome; and his health, family, and personal ambitions. In closing his letters, Powers often sends regards from Miner Kellogg.

Also included is a letter from Eaton to Powers, December 5, 1864, regarding a shipment of modelling clay from Baltimore to Florence, and a letter from Thomas Sully in Philadelphia to Eaton, September 27, 1847. Eaton was disappointed to learn that a painting he had inspected was not a Sully. "I am mortified at your disappointment," Sully wrote, "...had the picture been an original by me, I should have charged double the price."

Biographical / Historical:

Eaton was a founder of the Maryland Historical Society, a trustee of the Peabody Institute, and a collector of art. Eaton probably met Hiram Powers on one of his trips to Florence in the 1840's. They became lifelong friends and Eaton served as an American agent of sorts, promoting Powers' interests in Washington and Baltimore.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1985 by the Maryland Historical Society.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Portrait painters  Search this

Miniature painters  Search this

Painters  Search this

Art patrons -- Maryland  Search this

Sculptors -- Italy  Search this

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 19th century  Search this

Artists and patrons  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.eatochar

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b019c325-b9c2-4687-a14f-a12cf4fd4d42

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-eatochar