Series II: Additions to The Life Portraits of George Washington and Their Replicas, 1929-1944
Scope and Contents note
Research materials on George Washington life portraits that were identified after the publication of The Life Portraits of George Washington and Their Replicas in 1931. Contains correspondence; photographs; clippings from auction sales catalogues, periodicals and newspapers; typed transcripts of reference materials; and Morgan's handwritten and typed notes. Correspondents include Mantle Fielding, Tolley Allender Biays, Harry MacNeill Bland, Theodore Sizer, de Lancey Kountze, P. Jackson Higgs, and the Marquis of Bute. Material was originally stored in a box labeled "Portraits which have come to light since the printing of 'The Life Portraits of Washington.'"
Arrangement note
Material from two binders maintained in their original order; other files arranged alphabetically by artist name.
Repository Details
Part of the Frick Collection Archives Repository