Burpee, William Partridge, 1846-1940
Painter
Size: 55 items.
Summary: Biographical material; letters from Burpee written while traveling in Europe, 1897-1899; a photograph of Burpee and a photograph of his studio in Maine; and a disposition list of paintings annotated by Margaret E. Shaw.
Painter (Rockland, Maine).
The donor, Margaret E. Shaw, is Burpee's niece.
Microfilm reel 2336 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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William Partridge Burpee papers, 1897-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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