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Archives of American Art
"Painting in water color" holograph manuscript
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.fishjona
- Creators:
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Fisher, Jonathan, 1768-1847
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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16 Items(on 9 frames of microfilm)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Treatise discussing materials, colors, techniques, and "receipts for those who paint in water colors." In addition, sketches begin an unfinished section on "Sketching." Hogarth's ANALYSIS OF BEAUTY is quoted.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Wood engraver and portrait and landscape painter in Blue Hill, Maine. Also clergyman, author, poet, linguist, inventor, farmer, surveyer, architect, naturalist, missionary, and teacher.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 2804 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original in Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc, Blue Hill, Maine.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1974 by William P. Hinckley. Photocopies discarded after microfilming.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Patrons must use microfilm copy only.
More Information
Other Title
Other Title
Jonathan Fisher papers (microfilm title)
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art -- Technique | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Painters -- Maine -- Blue Hill | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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