Box 2
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Notes - Notebooks [Folder 3 of 3 folders], circa 1927-1930
File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents note
Four notebooks (writing tablets). Handwritten notes describing Sharples' paintings, with provenance, reproduction and citation information.
Dates:
circa 1927-1930
Notes - General Sharples research, circa 1927-1931
File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents note
Notes on Sharples' paintings, including attribution, ownership, and measurements; excerpts from letters and publications tracing provenance and attribution; and copies of Ellen, Rolinda and James Sharples’ wills.
Dates:
circa 1927-1931
Notes - Sharples' paintings indexed by subject, circa 1929
File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents note
Alphabetized on index cards, detailing subject, owner and address, with some additional notes.
Dates:
circa 1929
Reference Material - Newspaper clippings and journal articles, 1882-1901
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note
Original and photocopies, with some reprints regarding the Sharples' Washington portraits. Includes Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society (1886), and clippings from the New York Independent, the Boston Evening Transcript, Boston Post, Philadelphia Times, and unidentified newspapers and journals. Some original...
Dates:
1882-1901
Reference material – Letters of Ellen Sharples (1840-circa 1844), circa 1928
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents note
Typescript of letters sent by Ellen Sharples (64 pages).
Dates:
circa 1928
Reference material – Diary of Ellen Sharples (1803-1833) [2 folders], undated
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6-7
Scope and Contents note
Typescript of diary (270 pages). Contains some handwritten notations.
Dates:
undated
Reference material – Photographs
File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents note
Folder contains photographs of Ellen Sharples' needlework pictures, label of Sharples' Washington painting, and lid of a leather container. The needlework pictures are: Caius Marius Sitting on the Ruins of Carthage (after J. Mortimer), 1804 The Deer Hunt (copy of an old engraving), 1790 Eastern Heads (after old circular engraving), 1792 ...
