Sketch club of American artists at Rome during the winter of 1844 & 5, 1845 Apr. 26

Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : daguerreotype ; 8 x 11 cm., mounted on cardboard frame 13 x 16 cm.

Creator: Philibert Perraud (1815-), photographer

Description: Title derived from handwritten note on verso.
Photograph of thirteen painters and sculptors of an artists sketch club opened to Americans residing in Rome, Italy. Among the artists pictured are George A. Baker, William B. Chambers, James E. Freeman, Daniel Huntington, Louis Lang, Emanuel Leutze, George Champlain Mason, W.H. (William Henry) Powell, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, and Luther Terry.
Identification on verso (handwritten): Sketch Club of American Artists at Rome during the winter of 1844 & 5 taken April 26, 1845 by Sig. Perraud for E. Leutz, D. Huntington, L. Terry, L. Lang, J. E. Freeman, W.B. Chambers, W.H. Powell, Bujac, Mason, Baker (Stephen), Baker, McClugh, T.P. Rossiter [?]; members absent; H.K. Brown, sick; Wm. Hunt, gone to Greece.
Photograph is badly damaged.

Donated 2001 by Oliver Chanler, a great-great grandson of one of the artists pictured in the photograph, Luther Terry.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous photographs collection,

Rights Statement: U.S. public domain

Citation: Sketch club of American artists at Rome during the winter of 1844 & 5, 1845 Apr. 26 / Philibert Perraud, photographer. Miscellaneous photographs collection, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 6021

Subjects:

• Baker, George Augustus
• Brown, Henry Kirke
• Freeman, James E.
• Hunt, William Morris
• Huntington, Daniel
• Leutze, Emanuel
• Powell, William Henry
• Rossiter, Thomas Prichard

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