Creator:

Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this

McMurtrie, James, fl. 1843-1864  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1838 Feb. 8

Place of publication, production, or execution:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description:

Letter : 3 p. ; 23 x 19 cm.

Summary:

Inman, writing from New York to his patron James McMurtrie in Philadelphia, discusses various matters concerning his work and incidentally asks McMurtrie to find for him the best canvas obtainable in Philadelphia and send it on as he has no time to "run about after canvass." He describes his portrait of James M. Campbell, formerly of Philadelphia, and considers the composition of a painting in progress of a bishop. <br>Formerly one folded sheet, has detached into two pieces.

Citation:

Henry Inman. Henry Inman letter to James McMurtrie, 1838 Feb. 8. Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera, 1807-1946. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

U.S. public domain

Provenance:

Purchased 1956 from Albert Duveen.

Location Note:

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

Topic:

Art patrons  Search this

Portrait painting  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)14639

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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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