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Theodore Bolton Card Files
Collection
Identifier: MS.021
Scope and Contents
Note cards created by Frick Art Reference Library staff who copied material from notebooks compiled prior to 1925 by Theodore Bolton. Bolton gathered the material in preparation for an intended dictionary of American painters in oils corresponding to his "Early American Portrait Draughtsmen in Crayons," 1923 and "American Miniatures, 1730-1850," 1927. He was attempting to list all oil portraits prior to 1850.The files contain a biographical card for each artist, and a description...
Dates:
1922-1925
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Thomas Sully Autobiography and Sketches
Collection
Identifier: MS.062
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript autobiography written in Thomas Sully's hand in a notebook with lined paper, titled “Incidents in the life of Thomas Sully; chiefly of painting.” Sully wrote the account when he was 88 years old, describing his technique, imparting formulas, relating his experiences, and referring to British and American artists of the period such as Gilbert Stuart, Rembrandt Peale, John Singleton Copley, and Benjamin West.Pages are numbered 1-109, 200-207. Mounted on the front...
Dates:
1871
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Vollon Correspondence Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS.060
Abstract
Correspondence and other documentation relating to French nineteenth century artist, Antoine Vollon, his son, Alexis Vollon, and their peers.
Dates:
1846-1937
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
Walter and Matilda Gay Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS.059
Abstract
Walter Gay (1856-1937) was an American painter known for his paintings of interiors. For the better part of his life, Gay lived in France, where he met and married heiress and fellow expatriate Matilda E. Travers (1855-1943). The bulk of this collection is formed by the diaries of Matilda Gay which provide detailed insight into the Gays' daily life as well as American expatriate life in France before, during, and after World War I. The collection also contains correspondence, photographs...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1880-1938; 1877-2012
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives
William Suhr Conservation Ledgers
Collection
Identifier: MS.018
Scope and Content Note
These two ledgers succinctly record the conservation work William Suhr completed from 1938 to 1957. Each entry consists of the date the artwork was received, owner of artwork, the artist and title, conservation treatment performed, the amount charged, and the date completed. In addition to his work for the Frick, Suhr's clientele includes prominent collectors, dealers, and museums. Volume one dates from 1938 to 1945 and volume two dates from 1945-1957. The first entry for a Frick work is on...
Dates:
1938-1957
Found in:
Frick Collection Archives