Homer D. Martin letter to Issac Chapman and related clipping, 1861-1974
Martin, Homer Dodge,
b. 1836
d. 1897
Painter
New York, N.Y.
Collection size: 2 items (on partial microfilm reel).
Collection Summary: Photostat of letter, February 1, 1861, New York, to Isaac Chapman from Martin concerning Martin's painting "The Waterfall" (also called "Autumn in the Adirondacks"). Also included is a clipping of a Berry-Hill Galleries ad in ANTIQUES magazine, 1974 illustrating the painting.
Biographical/Historical Note: Painter, New York. Member of the Hudson River School landscape painters. Chapman bought Martin's painting "The Waterfall" in 1861. It stayed in his family until acquired by Berry-Hill Galleries in 1974.
Donated by Frederick D. Hill of Berry-Hill Galleries, New York (N.Y.).
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