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Archives of American Art
Martin Brimmer letters
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.brimmart
- Creators:
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Brimmer, Martin, 1829-1896
- Dates:
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1880-1896
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.4 Linear feet(45 items on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Primarily letters written by Brimmer to Sarah Wyman Whitman, written from London, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere, and referring to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and to contemporary artists such as George Fuller, John LaFarge, William Morris Hunt, John Singer Sargent, and James A. McNeill Whistler. In addition, there are letters from Henry Lee Higginson, Owen Wister, and other friends of Brimmer, referring to Brimmer's death; and a letter from Phillips Brooks to Sarah Wyman Whitman.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Brimmer was a collector and first president of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Sarah Wyman Whitman was a Boston painter and patron of the arts, born in Baltimore in 1842. She died in Boston in 1904.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel D32 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1956 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston via Mrs. Haven Parker, an Assistant in the Department of Paintings. The Museum owns several paintings by Whitman.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Painters | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Fuller, George, 1822-1884 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| La Farge, John, 1835-1910 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Whitman, Sarah | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Wister, Owen, 1860-1938 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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