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Thomas Anshutz, ca. 1900

Thomas Anshutz Papers, circa 1870-1942

This site provides access to the papers of Thomas Pollock Anshutz in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2007. The papers have been scanned in their entirety, and total 867 images.

The papers of Thomas Anshutz measure 2.8 linear feet and date from around 1870 to 1942, with the bulk of materials dating from 1880 to 1911. The papers document his education and career as a painter, photographer, and art instructor. The collection is particularly rich in photographs made between approximately 1880 and 1900, when Anshutz and others at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, under the direction of Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), began using photography as an aid in the study of the figure and as studies for paintings. Also found are correspondence, a notebook with scattered sketches, a handful of clippings regarding Anshutz's career, and scattered notes and printed materials. Read more About this Collection.

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1870-1911 and 1942

Series 2: Writings, 1880s, 1893

Series 3: Financial Records, 1884-1910

Series 4: Printed Material, 1884-1942 and undated

Series 5: Photographs, circa 1880-1904, 1936 and undated

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