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Archives of American Art
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ferrjean
- Creators:
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Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930
- Dates:
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[ca.1850-] 1979
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2.4 Linear feetca. 1000 items (on 3 microfilm reels)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
REEL 2669: Biographical information; notes; correspondence; other correspondence and legal documents regarding the acquisition by the Smithsonian Institution of Ferris's collection of historical paintings and other art objects; lists of paintings and painting labels; sketches; and printed source material for his paintings.
Scope and Contents
REEL 2670: Source material for paintings, including printed and photographic reproductions and circa 130 cartes-de-visites primarily of Civil War figures, among them Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Willam Seward and many others; a series of reproductions of paintings comprising "A Pageant of Nations"; and a manuscript of "Liber Patriae Nostrae," containing pen and ink drawings and text, and reproductions of his paintings, 1926.
Scope and Contents
REEL 3002: A photograph of Ferris, ca. 1920, at work at his easel; source material for his paintings; and reproductions of his paintings.
Scope and Contents
UNMICROfILMED: Two oil paintings by Stephen James Ferris of J. L.G. Ferris and his wife.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930) was a painter of Philadelphia, Pa. Ferris studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in Paris at the Académie Julian and with Jean Léon Gérôme. He signed some works as G. Ferris. In 1900, he began a series of paintings on American history.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 2669-2670 & 3002 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the National Museum of American History in 1982.
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.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ferris, Stephen James, 1835-1915 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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