Susan Eakins letter, 1929 July 4

Collection Information

Size: 1 Page, (on partial microfilm reel)

Summary: A letter to Mr. C. [Charles] W. Cranmer, a friend of Thomas Eakins, which responds to Cranmer's query regarding Thomas Eakins' portrait of Professor Barker, and places in context the two photographs of Thomas Eakins enclosed. One of the photos was donated with the letter.

Biographical/Historical Note

Painter; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lived 1851-1938. Full name Susan Hannah Macdowell Eakins. Married to painter, photographer Thomas Eakins.

Provenance

Donated by Robert McIntyre.

Language Note

English .

Alternative Forms Available

35mm microfilm reel D10 (fr. 1151) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.

Restrictions on Access

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How to Cite This Collection

Susan Eakins letter, 1929 July 4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.