Overview
Collection Information
Size: 3 Items, (619 p. on 1 microfilm reel)
Summary: Register of paintings, 1801-1871 (1 v., 139 p.); Sully's hints for pictures, 1809-1871 (179 p. typescript), including techniques for painting portraits, ingredients for colors, care and preservation of paintings, criticisms of other artists and explanations of their paintings and techniques; and a journal, 1792-1793 and 1799-1846 (1 v., 301 p. typescript).
Biographical/Historical Note
Portrait painter; Philadelphia, Pa.
Provenance
Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.
Language Note
English .
Location of Originals
- Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
