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Archives of American Art
George Loring Brown sketchbook and engravings and Harriet Pease Brown diary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.browgeor
- Creators:
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Brown, George Loring, 1814-1889Brown, Harriet Pease, 1811-1853
- Dates:
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1836-1841
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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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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