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Archives of American Art
Selections from Alexander Johnston Cassatt's letterbook index
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.cassalex
- Creators:
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Cassatt, Alexander J. (Alexander Johnston), 1839-1906
- Dates:
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[ca. 1894-1903]
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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11 Items(on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
11 pages selected from 3 volumes of indices, containing entries with descriptive notations of letters about exhibits of Mary Cassatt paintings; and also about paintings by Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent and James MacNeill Whistler.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Brother of painter Mary Cassatt.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 3903 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to the lender, the American Philosophical Society, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming by American Philosophical Society 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Painters -- United States -- Exhibitions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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