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Sanford R. Gifford during the American Civil War, ca. 1861

Sanford Robinson Gifford Papers, 1840s-1900, circa 1960s-1970s (bulk 1855-1881)

This site provides access to the papers of Sanford Robinson Gifford in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2007. The papers have been scanned in their entirety, and total 846 images.

The papers of landscape painter Sanford Robinson Gifford, date from the 1840s through the 1970s, with the bulk of the material falling between 1855-1881. The small collection contains circa 130 items that provide scattered documentation of Gifford's life, primarily extensive biographical accounts of his travels in the mid 1850s and late 1860s in the form of bound letters to his father. These serve as detailed journals of his impressions of Europe and the Middle East, the development of his painting, and his relationships with other artists such as Albert Bierstadt and Worthington Whittredge. The collection also contains sketches by Gifford, printed material including catalogs of Gifford's paintings, and photographs of Gifford and others. Read more About this Collection.

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