Portraits, American
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Frick Art Reference Library Staff Research - Katherine McCook Knox Records
Collection
Identifier: FARL.1400.050
Abstract
Katharine McCook Knox (1890-1983), a Washington, D.C.-area art historian and author specializing in early American art, worked with the Frick Art Reference Library as a researcher, consultant, and special staff member for over 50 years. These records document her work as a member of the Library staff, as well as her personal research and writings in the field of early American art from 1922 to 1974. Records include correspondence, typescripts and manuscripts, galley proofs, handwritten and...
Dates:
1924-1979
J. Hall Pleasants Research Files
Collection
Identifier: MS.012
Abstract
Dr. J. Hall Pleasants (1873-1957), an authority on early Maryland painters and their works, provided the Frick Art Reference Library with information on thousands of Maryland paintings, and also organized and participated in the Library's photographing expeditions to Maryland. The correspondence and notes in this collection contain information on the genealogy of portrait subjects, painting provenance, attributions, owners, dates, and locations, with the bulk of the research concerning...
Dates:
1924-1959
John Hill Morgan Research Files
Collection
Identifier: MS.008
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, printed material, and notes document John Hill Morgan's research on George Washington portraits and other early American works of art. Morgan (1870-1945), an assistant professor and curator of American painting at Yale University, was considered an authority on early American art, most notably of portraits of George Washington.
Dates:
1922-1944
Lawrence Park Research Files on Gilbert Stuart
Collection
Identifier: MS.007
Abstract
These records consist of correspondence and notes concerning the history and authentication of paintings by Gilbert Stuart, a prominent early American portraitist. Begun as an independent project by Lawrence Park, the project was completed by William Sawitzky under the auspices of Helen Clay Frick and the Frick Art Reference Library after the death of Mr. Park in September 1924, resulting in the publication Gilbert Stuart: an Illustrated Descriptive List of his...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1920-1925; 1904-1925
Lucy B. Mitchell Research Files on James Sanford Ellsworth
Collection
Identifier: MS.037
Abstract
Data Sheets on individual portraits, photographs, correspondence, research notes, and printed materials document Lucy B. Mitchell's research on the American folk artist, James Sanford Ellsworth. Mitchell (1901-1988), an art historian and collector of Ellsworth’s paintings, was considered an authority on the artist.
Dates:
1952-1987
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
