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Creator:
Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-  Search this
Subject:
Benbridge, Henry  Search this
Claypoole, James  Search this
Conarroe, George W.  Search this
Copley, John Singleton  Search this
Delaplaine, Joseph  Search this
Eichholtz, Jacob  Search this
Field, Erastus Salisbury  Search this
Guy, Francis  Search this
Harrison, Birge  Search this
Leslie, Charles Robert  Search this
McMurtrie, James  Search this
Munkácsy, Mihály  Search this
Pine, Robert Edge  Search this
Roesen, Severin  Search this
Rudy, Charles  Search this
Rush, William  Search this
Smibert, John  Search this
Vanderlyn, John  Search this
Wollaston, John  Search this
Peale family  Search this
Detroit Institute of Arts  Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
2.2 Linear feet, (on 2 microfilm reels)
Access Note / Rights:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Artists files containing photographs and correspondence on artists Henry Benbridge, James Claypoole, George Washington Conarroe, John Singleton Copley, Joseph Delaplaine, Jacob Eichholtz, Erastus Salisbury Field, Francis Guy, Lowell Birge Harrison, Robert Charles Leslie, James McMurtrie, Mihaly Munkacsy, Robert Edge Pine, Severin Roesen, Charles Rudy, William Rush, John Smibert, John Vanderlyn, and John Wollaston. Also included are correspondence files pertaining to artistic subjects with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Peale family descendents (about Peale family artists), and others.
Citation:
Charles Coleman Sellers papers, [ca. 1940]-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 3902-3903 available at Archives of American Art offices, the Free Library of Philadelphia, through interlibrary loan, and at the American Philosophical Society.
Location of Originals:
Originals in the American Philosophical Society.
Loan:
Loan
Related Materials:
Charles Sellers papers also located at Dickinson College.
Biography Note:
Art historian; Carlisle, Penn. Died 1980. Author of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN PORTRAITURE (1962) and MR PEALE'S MUSEUM: CHARLES WILSON PEALE AND THE FIRST POPULAR MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE AND ART (1980) and other works.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1987 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. The papers were donated to the American Philosophical Society by Sellers' estate.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, American -- United States  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10040
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212866
AAA_collcode_sellchar
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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