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Archives of American Art
Pennsylvania Hospital art related records
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.pennhosp
- Creators:
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Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Dates:
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1760-1884
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2 Itemspartial microfilm reels
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
REEL P24: Visitors' book to Benjamin West's painting "Christ Healing the Sick," and related correspondence and printed material, 1817.
Scope and Contents
REEL P87: Minutes and excerpts relating to American art and artists; correspondence with Benjamin West; material relating to the loan and donation of art works from West, Thomas Sully, James Traquair and others, Gilbert Stuart and Charles Willson Peale deciding where to hang West's painting "Christ Healing the Sick," the commission of art works, and the facilities for exhibiting work at the hospital.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels P24 (fr. 436-526) & P87 (fr. 1-149) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reel P87: Originals in the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material on reel P24 microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955. Material on P87 lent for microfilming 1955, by the Pennsylvania Hospital.
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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Art, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 -- Christ healing the sick | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Traquair, James, 1756-1811 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
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