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Archives of American Art
Mariano Fortuny birthday dinner menu
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.blumrobe1
- Creators:
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Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903
- Dates:
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1882 June 9
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Item24 x 18 cm.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
A handwritten and illustrated menu for a dinner held by a group of traveling American artists in honor of what would have been the 44th birthday of Spanish painter Mariano Fortuny (Fortuny died 8 years prior).
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Mariano Fortuny was a prominent 19th century painter and influenced the work of many younger artists of the late 19th century studying in Europe.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Item has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown, possibly from the papers of Robert Blum.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
More Information
General
General
Note in purple ink on top left of cover reads "June 9th 1838" (Fortuny's birthday as according to Robert Blum, one of the organizers of the event). A drawing of a sailor is underneath.
General
The remainder of the cover reads "Menu of ye 7 painter fellers & one literary cuss on ye good ship Pennland, June 9th, 1882."
General
Back of menu has a row of signatures in pencil: F.H. Lungren; Robt. Blum; A.A. Anderson; [illegible, possibly Mr. Sevy?]; Carroll Beckwith; Fred P. Vinton; C.C. Buel; Arthur Quartley. Beneath signatures is a drawing of a palette with the word "Fortuny" on it.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Fortuny, Mariano, 1838-1874 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Anderson, A. A. (Abraham Archibald), 1847-1940 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Beckwith, J. Carroll (James Carroll), 1852-1917 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Buel, Clarence Clough, 1850-1933 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Lungren, Fernand, 1857-1932 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Quartley, Arthur, 1839-1886 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Vinton, Frederick Porter, 1846-1911 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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