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Archives of American Art
Bolton Coit Brown papers (microfilm)
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.browbolt2
- Creators:
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Brown, Bolton, 1864-1936
- Dates:
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circa 1907-1933
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2 Microfilm reels
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
12 volumes of journals (1915-1933), documenting the technical aspects of his artistic career including drawing, printing, and lithography. They include accounts of experiments and work for other artists, including George Bellows, as well as definitions and excerpts of the writings of others.
Scope and Contents
A typescript of the manuscript, "Lithography Since Whistler," (1935) includes a history of lithography and a chapter on Joseph Pennell.
Scope and Contents
Two etching notebooks (1917-1918) contain sketches and notes on prints. Another notebook (1907-1910) contains sketches and notes on painting and pigments.
Scope and Contents
Also included are correspondence with some biographical information, a catalog of Brown's lithographs (1908), and loose lithographs.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Lithographer, writer, inventor and explorer; Woodstock, N.Y.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 3654-3655 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan, and at the Free Library of Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr College.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in: Bryn Mawr College Library, Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1990 by Bryn Mawr College, as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Lithography | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Prints -- Materials | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Prints -- Technique | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Prints, American -- New York (State) -- Woodstock | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Printmakers -- New York -- Woodstock | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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