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Creator:
Roberts, Charles  Search this
Subject:
Durand, Asher Brown  Search this
Gay, Edward  Search this
Greenough, Horatio  Search this
Homer, Winslow  Search this
Hurd, Peter  Search this
Inman, Henry  Search this
Peale, Charles Willson  Search this
Peale, Rembrandt  Search this
Sully, Thomas  Search this
Trumbull, John  Search this
West, Benjamin  Search this
Allston, Washington  Search this
Bierstadt, Albert  Search this
Cole, Thomas  Search this
Disney, Walt  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
1 Microfilm reel
Access Note / Rights:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
Letters of American artists, including Washington Allston, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, Walt Disney, Asher Durand, Horatio Greenough, Winslow Homer, Peter Hurd, Henry Inman, Thomas Sully, John Trumbull, Benjamin West and many others, with an illustrated letter from Edward Gay and correspondence of the Peale family; a handwritten manuscript by Rembrandt Peale, "Washington and His Portraits"; clippings, announcements, an auction catalog of the John Trumbull collection, and other printed material.
Citation:
Charles Roberts autograph collection, 1773-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel P88 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals in the Haverford College Library, Haverford, Pennsylvania.
Loan:
Loan
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming, 1955, by Haverford College Library.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, American -- United States  Search this
Artists -- United States -- Autographs  Search this
Autographs -- Collections  Search this
Autographs -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10617
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214148
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Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214148