Archives of American Art

Mariano Fortuny birthday dinner menu

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.blumrobe1
Creators:
Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903
Dates:
1882 June 9
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Item
24 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
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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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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