This series contains scattered research files regarding George Inness. Included are a notebook containing Ireland's original listing of works by Inness; additional notes and lists of works; and photographs, letters, and documents regarding Inness which were received by Mrs. Ireland after Leroy Ireland's death. Also found are two copies of letters from Inness, one to a Mr. Berch ?, Sept. 1879, and one to Edward D. Adams, Jan. 11, 1888, thanking him for payment for his painting "Sunset," purchased for Adams by Thomas Clarke (a photograph of the painting is included). Additional material includes Inness exhibition catalogs, a published biographical summary, and an printed advertisement for Ireland's catalogue raisonne.
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Collection Citation:
Leroy Ireland research material on George Inness, 1916-2007, bulk 1960-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
