Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849
Painter
Size: 10 items (on partial microfilm reel).
Summary: A letter from Hicks to his "beloved friend" Jeffry Smedley, October 24, 1826, regarding a chair furnished for Smedley, and one July 24, 1827 regarding religious matters; a sermon by Hicks, April 18, 1834; clippings about Hicks and sale of his works (c. 1980) and reproductions of his works.
Primitive artist Edward Hicks was deeply religious, he later became an active Quaker preacher.
Microfilmed with other art-related papers in the Quaker Collection as part of the Archives of American Art's Philadelphia project.
Microfilm reel 3898 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Edward Hicks papers in the Quaker Collection, Haveford College, 1826-[ca. 1980]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
