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Creator:
Campbell, William Pardee, 1914-1976  Search this
Subject:
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby)  Search this
Stuart, Gilbert  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
10 Linear feet; 1 Linear foot, Addition
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Index card files, ca. 8 feet, on bibliographies, American artists and collectors, European artists, and addresses; research files for an uncompleted Ph.D. thesis on American artist, John Gadsby Chapman, who lived 1808-1889, containing correspondence, notes, writings, and about 100 photographs and photostats of Chapman's letters and work; notes for an article on Gilbert Stuart's portraits of George Washington; clippings, a biographical sketch on Campbell, and miscellany.
ADDITION: Files on artists, arranged alphabetically, containing notes, correspondence and printed material.
Citation:
William Pardee Campbell papers, 1949-1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Museum curator at the National Gallery of Art; Washington, D.C. The subject of his extensive research, John Gadsby Chapman, was a landscape, history and portrait painter, also a wood engraver and illustrator.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1979 by Campbell's widow, Priscilla Campbell, and in 1979 and 1990 as a transfer from the National Gallery of Art.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)7313
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209466
AAA_collcode_campwill
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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