Treasures From the Archives of American Art

An online version of an exhibition in AAA's New York Research Center
October 19, 2000 - January 5, 2001

Browse Exhibit Case 2

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Letter from painter Benjamin West (1738-1820), to his student Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), June 15, 1783. Robert C. Graham Collection of Artists' Letters, 1783-1874. Gift of Robert Graham, 1961.

Letter from painter Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872) to his cousin Elizabeth Breese, January 20 and 22, 1827. Breese and Morse Family Papers. Gift of Constance K. Clarke, 1985.

 

Letter from painter Thomas Cole (1801-1848), to historian and writer George W. Greene, Catskill, New York, August 29, 1842. Thomas Cole Papers. Donated by E. P. Richardson in memory of Mrs. Walter O. Briggs, Sr., 1955.

AAA_trumjohn_0001p1t.jpg (7956 bytes) John Trumbull (1756-1843) printed broadside auction catalog, letter, New York, December 2, 1844. Albert Duveen Art Reference Files. Gift of Albert Duveen, 1956.
Illustrated letter

Illustrated letter from Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) to Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904), March 7, 1870. Martin Johnson Heade Papers. Gift of Robert McIntyre, 1955.

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