Archives of American Art

George Loring Brown sketchbook and engravings and Harriet Pease Brown diary

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.browgeor
Creators:
Brown, George Loring, 1814-1889
Brown, Harriet Pease, 1811-1853
Dates:
1836-1841
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
3 Items
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
A book of pencil and watercolor sketches by George Loring Brown; a diary kept by Mrs. Brown while traveling in Italy with her husband in 1840-1841; and an 1836 issue of PARLEY'S MAGAZINE, New York and Boston, with engravings attributed to George Loring Brown.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Landscape, portrait, and miniature painter, lithographer, etcher, and wood engraver; Mass. Married Harriet Pease in 1835. Traveled in Europe, mainly Italy, 1840-1846.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 498 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals were returned to lender after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
One of the lenders, Robert Scott, is a descendant of Harriet Pease Brown through the Downes family.

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

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Artists -- Italy -- Diaries Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sketchbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Printmakers Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wood-engravers Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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