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Archives of American Art
Robert Crannell Minor papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.minorobe
- Creators:
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Minor, Robert Crannell, 1839-1904
- Dates:
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1896-1904
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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53 Items(on 1 microfilm reel)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Letter, 1879, from Minor in which he gives a brief sketch of his career as an artist; 2 pencil sketches of trees; 2 scrapbooks containing clippings, exhibition catalogs, photographs of paintings, a biographical sketch, and letters received, 4 photographs of Minor and 31 of his paintings; and clippings.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Landscape painter, etcher and painter; Watertown, Connecticut. Born in New York City. Studied under A. C. Howland for two years, under Diaz at Barbizon, Van Luppen in Antwep, Boulanger in Paris. Won a prize in the 1900 Paris exposition. Member of the American Barbizon School.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm roll 2769 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to lender after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent by Minor's grandaughter, Isabel T. Davis, and great-grandaughter, Gladys T. Pritchard, 1983.
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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| Etchers -- Connecticut -- Watertown | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Landscape painters -- Connecticut -- Watertown | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Painters -- Connecticut -- Watertown | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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