Creator:

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Subject:

Dunlap, William  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1855 Sept. 8

Place of publication, production, or execution:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description:

Letter : 2 p. : handwritten ; 22 x 14 cm.

Summary:

Peale, writing from Philadelphia to an unidentified person, gives a derogatory opinion of William Dunlap's <em>History of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States</em> (New York, 1834), and further discourses about his reminiscences and advises his correspondent, an art historian, to "delineate nothing but truthful sketches" in his writings.

Citation:

Rembrandt Peale. Rembrandt Peale letter to unidentified recipient, 1855 Sept. 8. Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera, 1807-1946. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

U.S. public domain

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)14473

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Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera, 1807-1946

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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