Oliver, James, fl. 1865-1890
Restorer
Size: 5 v. (on partial microfilm reel)
Summary: Account books presumed to have been kept by Oliver, listing his customers, charges, and sometimes naming the painting restored; names and addresses, probably of customers; copies of signatures of various artists.
Painting restorer; New York, N.Y.
Lent 1974 by the New York Historical Society.
Microfilm reel 801 available from the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
James Oliver account books, 1865-1890. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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