A Finding Aid to the Albert Duveen Collection of Artists' Letters and Ephemera, , in the Archives of American Art

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1 A Finding Aid to the Albert Duveen Collection of Artists' Letters and Ephemera, , in the Archives of American Art by Judy Ng Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art November 26 Contact Information Reference Department Archives of American Art Smithsonian Institution Washington. D.C

2 Table of Contents Collection Overview... 1 Administrative Information...1 Biographical Note...2 Scope and Content Note... 2 Arrangement...2 Names and Subject Terms... 2 Series Descriptions/Container Listing... 3 Series 1: Letters, Series 2: Printed Material, circa Series 3: Photographs, circa

3 Collection Overview Repository: Creator: Title: Archives of American Art Duveen, Albert Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera Dates: Quantity: Abstract: Language: 1.1 linear feet The Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera measures 1.1 linear feet and dates from 1807 to Unrelated letters written by over 170 mostly 19th and early 20th century American artists are found in this compiled collection of art critic, dealer, and collector Albert Duveen. Additional ephemera includes printed material and photographs of artwork. The collection is in English. Administrative Information Acquisition Information The Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera was purchased from Duveen by the Archives of American Art in February Related Material The Archives holds a microfilm copy of the Albert Duveen art reference files and a lecture, "An Art Dealer is Intrigued by American Folk Art," delivered by Albert Duveen, March 4, Available Formats This collection is available on 35 mm microfilm reels DDU1, D9, D10, and NDU-1-5 at the Archives of American Art offices, and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the papers as described in this finding aid does not reflect the order of the collection on microfilm due to reprocessing. Processing Information The letters were microfilmed shortly after receipt onto reels DDU1, D9-D10, and NDU-1-5. A finding aid was prepared by Judy Ng in 2013 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Preferred Citation Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Restrictions on Access Use of original papers requires an appointment. Page 1

4 Ownership & Literary Rights The Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Biographical Note Art critic, collector, and dealer Albert Duveen ( ) lived and worked in New York City, New York. He is known for his expertise in early American art and was a cousin to Joseph Duveen, president of Duveen Brothers art dealers. Scope and Content Note The Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera measures 1.1 linear feet and dates from 1807 to Unrelated letters written by over 170 mostly 19th and early 20th century American artists are found in this compiled collection of art critic, dealer, and collector Albert Duveen. Additional ephemera includes printed material and photographs of artwork. Found are letters from artists Albert Bierstadt, Frederic E. Church, Frederick S. Church, Henry Inman, Constant Mayer, Jervis McEntee, Henry Mosler, Frederick Law Olmstead, Rembrandt Peale, Albert Rosenthal, and many others. Printed materials include catalog inventories of public and private art collections. There are also brochure booklets on New England historical houses and towns. Photographs are duplicate copies of early American artwork from Duveen's personal reference files. Arrangement The collection is arranged as 3 series. Series 1: Letters, (0.8 linear feet; Box 1) Series 2: Printed material, circa (4 folders; Box 1, OV 2) Series 3: Photographs, circa (3 folders; Box 1) Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Archives of American Art under the following terms: Subjects: Names: Artists--United States Collectors and collecting Bierstadt, Albert, Church, Frederic Edwin, Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), Inman, Henry, Mayer, Constant, McEntee, Jervis, Mosler, Henry Olmsted, Frederick Law, Peale, Rembrandt, Rosenthal, Albert, Page 2

5 Series Descriptions/Container Listing Series 1: Letters, linear feet; Box 1 Letters are written by over 170 early American artists, including Albert Bierstadt, Frederic E. Church, Frederick S. Church, Constant Mayer, Henry Mosler, Frederick Law Olmsted, Albert Rosenthal, and Anne Whitney. Two letters of interest by Henry Inman and Rembrandt Peale describe opinions on their work and the works of others. There are also letters related to the John Trumbull estate; miscellaneous printed items included with letters; and a selection of letters written by European artists. Letters are arranged alphabetically by surname followed by letters from foreign and miscellaneous artists. Box Folder 1 1 Avery, Samuel Putnam, circa Beckwith, Carroll, circa Bierstadt, Albert, circa Blashfield, Edwin Howland, circa Bosworth, William Welles, circa Boughton, George Henry, circa Bridgman, Frederick Arthur, Buttre, John Chester, Champney, James Wells, circa Chapman, John Gadsby, Church, Frederic Edwin, circa Church, Frederick Stuart, circa Cole, Timothy, Crane, Bruce, Cropsey, Jasper Francis, Ezekiel, Sir Moses Jacob, Fairman, James, Fay, Gaston, Feke, Robert, circa Fenn, Henry, Fosdick, James William, circa Fournier, Alexis Jean, French, Edwin Davis, Gibson, William Hamilton, Gould, Thomas Ridgeway, Greatorex, Eliza, circa Greenough, Horatio, 1831 Page 3

6 1 30 Gregory, Frank M., Grosvenor, Thelma C., circa Hartley, Jonathan Scott, Hays, William Jacob, Sr., Heade, Martin Johnson, circa Healy, George P.A., circa Hennessy, William John, circa Herrick, H.W., Herter, Albert, circa Hill, J. Henry, Hillern, Bertha, Huntley, Samantha L., Inman, Henry, Kappes, Alfred, Kaufmann, Theodore, Keith, Dora Wheeler, Kitchell, Joseph Gray, Knight, Daniel Ridgway, circa La Farge, John, Lambdin, James Reid, Lanman, Abigail Trumbull, Includes material on John Trumbull and the Trumbull estate Leslie, Charles R., circa Leutze, Emanuel, Lie, Jonas, Linen, George, Lippincott, William Henry, Lock, Frederick W., Longacre, James Barton, Longpré, Paul, Low, Mary Fairchild, Low, Will Hicox, Lumley, Arthur, Lupton, Thomas Goff, circa MacDonald, James Wilson, Matthews, William, Mayer, Constant, circa Mayer, Frank Blackwell, 1865 Page 4

7 1 71 McArthur, John, McCord, George Herbert, McCutcheon, John Tinney, circa McEntee, Jervis, McKenzie, Robert Tait, Middleton, Stanley Grant, circa Mignot, Louis Remy, Miller, Alfred Jacob, Millet, Francis Davis, circa Moran, Edward, Moran, Peter, Morgan, Matthew, circa Mosler, Henry, circa Mowbray, Harry Siddons, circa Muller, Karl, Mulvany, John, O'Connor, Andrew, Oertel, Johannes Adam Simon, Olmstead, Frederick Law, Opper, Frederick Burr, Page, Fred B., Page, William, Palmer, Erastus D., Palmer, John E., circa Palmer, Walter Launt, Paris, Walter, circa Parrish, Randall, Partridge, William Ordway, Pease, Joseph Ives, Peixotto, Ernest C., Perry, Persico, Luigi, Pfeiffer, Emily, circa Pike, William, Powell, William Henry, Powers, Hiram, Raffaelli, Jean Francios, circa Ranger, Henry Ward, Page 5

8 1 110 Reid, Robert, circa Rhead, Louis John, circa Richards, Thomas Addison, Ripley, Robert Leroy, circa Robbins, Horace Wolcott, Robinson, Anna, circa Robinson, Theodore, Rogers, John, circa Rogers, Randolph, Rogers, William Allen, Rosenthal, Albert, Rossiter, Thomas Pritchard, Rothermel, Peter Frederick, Ruckstuhl, Frederic Wellington, Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, Sanderson, Charles Wesley, Sarony, Napoleon, Satterlee, Walter, circa Schoff, Stephen Alonzo, Scott, Emily Maria Spaford, circa Selinger, Jean Paul, circa Shattuck, Aaron Draper, circa Smillie, George Henry, Snell, Henry Bayley, Sonntag, William Louis, Sterner, Albert Edward, circa Stetson, Charles Walter, Stewart, Julius L., Stone, Horatio, Story, George Henry, Story, William Wetmore, circa Stout, James Varick, Strother, David Hunter, circa Taft, Lorado, circa Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, Taylor, Henry Fitch, Thompson, Charles A., circa Thompson, Laun't, circa 1864 Page 6

9 1 148 Thulstrup, Thure, Tilton, John Rollin, circa Turcas, Jules, Turner, Charles Yardley, circa Turner, Ross Sterling, Valentine, Edward Virginius, Van Boskerck, Robert Ward, Van Elten, Hendrick Dirk Kruseman, Van Laer, Alexander Theobald, Volk, Douglas, circa Volkmar, Charles, Vos, J. Hubert, Walcutt, William, Waldon, Lionel, Walker, James, Walter, Thomas Ustick, Waterman, Marcus, Waugh, Ida, Weeks, Edwin Lord, circa Weir, Harrison William, Weir, Robert Walter, White, G. Harlow, Whitman, Sarah de St. Prix, Whitney, Anne, circa Whittemore, William John, Whittredge, Worthington, Wiggins, Carleton, Wiles, Irving Ramsay, Williams, George Alfred, Wilmarth, Lemuel Everett, Winterburn, George T., Worth, Thomas, Wust, Alexander, Yewell, George Henry, Zilcken, Charles Louis Philippe, Zimmerman, Eugène, Foreign Artists, circa Miscellaneous A-G, Page 7

10 1 188 Miscellaneous H-L, circa Miscellaneous M-O, circa Miscellaneous P-S, circa Miscellaneous T-V, Miscellaneous W, circa Miscellaneous Letters, Miscellaneous Letters and Items, circa Series 2: Printed Material, circa folders; Box 1, OV 2 Printed materials include catalog inventories of the following public and private art collections: the Bucks County Historical Society, the Lee Museum, J. Horace Harding, William Penn, and George Taylor. There are also brochure booklets on the historical towns of Cooperstown, Greenfield Village, South Haven, Yorktown, and Gloucester. Materials are arranged by document type. Box Folder Miscellaneous Printed Material, circa Print of Black Stallion, circa Oversized material housed in OV 2. Box OV 2 Oversize Print of Black Stallion from Box 1, Folder 198, circa Series 3: Photographs, circa folders; Box 1 Photographs are duplicate copies of early American artwork from Duveen's personal reference files. These include portraits, cityscapes, landscapes, still lifes, and abstract paintings. Materials are arranged by subject matter. Box Folder Duplicates From Duveen's Reference Files, circa Page 8