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Archives of American Art
Willard Leroy Metcalf papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.metcwill2
- Creators:
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Metcalf, Willard Leroy, 1858-1925
- Dates:
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1876-1925
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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150 Items(on partial microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
23 letters between Metcalf and Charles L. Freer, 1917-1919, discussing prospective purchases of Metcalf's work for the Freer Collection, and 2 personal letters to Florence Griswold, 1905-06. Also included are a diary for 1876, recording the progress of some of his paintings, detailing sketching trips around Boston and Vermont, and noting daily expenses; sketchbooks, 1885, 1905, 1913-14; photographs of his murals and paintings; snapshots of his friends and himself; and a scrapbook of clippings, 1905-1925.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Landscape painter, illustrator; New York City. One of The Ten American Painters. Worked in Southwest U.S. painting Zuni Indians 1881-1883; associated with artists' colonies in Old Lyme, Conn., and Cornish, N.H.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel N70-13 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to the lender, Addison Metcalf, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming by Addison Metcalf, 1969.
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 | ||
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| Painting, American | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Art -- Collectors and collecting | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sketchbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Landscape painters -- New York (State) -- New York | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Painters -- New York (State) -- New York | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Griswold, Florence, 1850-1937 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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