Archives of American Art

Magnolia Sketch Book

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.braymari
Creators:
Bray, Maria H., 1828-1921
Dates:
1829-1908
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Item
item (on 1 partial microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Bound collection assembled by Bray of 39 landscape and figure sketches drawn on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, by William Morris Hunt and by his peers and students, including Ellen Day Hale, Susan Hale, Jane Hunt, Fitz Hugh Lane, and others. They are evidence of the artistic community of late nineteenth-century Gloucester, and they reflect the influence of Hunt's teaching on his students.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Maria H. Bray was the proprietress of Willow Cottage, a boardinghouse in the Magnolia section of Gloucester, Mass., where many of William Morris Hunt's students stayed.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 2329 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original in the possession of the Cape Ann Historical Association, Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1981 by the Cape Ann Historical Association, which received it from Theodora Willard, the neice of Maria H. Bray.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

More Information

Other Title

Other Title
Circle of William Morris Hunt (microfilm title).


Keywords

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Art students -- Massachusetts Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Businesspeople -- Massachusetts Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art, American Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Women artists Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sketchbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hunt, Jane Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hale, Ellen Day, 1855-1940 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hale, Susan, 1833-1910 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lane, Fitz Hugh, 1804-1865 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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