Archives of American Art

John Frederick Kensett memorial exhibition installation at the National Academy of Design

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.olyprobe
Creators:
Olyphant, Robert M., 1824-1918
Dates:
1873
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Item
album (47 photographic prints)
b&w
20 1/2 x 16 inches.
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Photograph album presumably owned by Robert M. Olyphant, containing 47 installation views of the John Frederick Kensett Memorial Exhibition, National Academy of Design, March 24-29, 1873.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Robert M. Olyphant was a close friend and art patron of John Frederick Kensett, a leading landscape painter of the Hudson River School who worked extensively in New England and Colorado. Olyphant also served as executor of Kensett's estate.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1993 by David Olyphant, a descendent of Robert M. Olyphant. Although the album is unpublished, the donor believes several copies were made; circumstances of its production are unknown.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
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Keywords

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Art -- New York N.Y. -- Exhibitions -- Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Landscape painting -- Exhibitions -- Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Academy of Design (U.S.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
John Frederick Kensett memorial exhibition (1873 : National Academy of Design) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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