Archives of American Art

Augustus Fuller letters

Summary
Collection ID:
AAA.fullaugu
Creators:
Fuller, Augustus, 1812-1873
Dates:
1824-1872
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
150 Items
(on 1 partial microfilm reel)
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Letters from Fuller to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Fuller, in Deerfield, Mass., and to his brother George, written from various places in New England, detailing his work as an artist and his daily affairs.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Itinerant, deaf-mute portrait painter; New England. Worked primarily in New England and western New York. His half-brother, George Fuller, accompanied Augustus on a tour in the early 1840's, then embarked on his own painting career.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 611 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to lender, Elizabeth Fuller, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1973 by Elizabeth Fuller, Fuller's grand-niece.
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
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Deafness Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Portrait painting -- New England Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Folk art Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Portrait painters -- New England Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fuller, George, 1822-1884 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
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