Archives of American Art

[Artists' portraits from Henry Tuckerman's Book of the Artists...], circa 1865]-1867

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.rockgeor
Creators:
Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911
Dates:
undated
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
24 Items
photographic prints
b&w
17 1/2 x 13 1/2 cm., on sheet 30 1/2 x 24 cm. or smaller.
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Portraits of artists taken by George Rockwood and Napoleon Sarony (Sarony Photographic Co.) for the large paper, extra-illustrated edition of Henry Tuckerman's, "American artist life : comprising biographical and critical sketches of American artists : preceded by an historical account of the rise and progress of art in America : with an appendix containing an account of notable pictures and private collections" (New York, G.P. Putnam & Son, 1867). Also included is a copy of Tuckerman's book (not the extra illustrated version.) Photographs include: Eugene Benson (original missing, copyprint only), Henry Kirke Brown (original missing, copyprint only), Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Cole, J. Francis Cropsey, Christopher Cranch, F.O.C. Darley, Asher Brown Durand, Charles Loring Elliott, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Henry Peters Gray, James M. Hart, Thomas Hicks (incorrectly identified as John Ehninger), Richard W. Hubbard, Henry Inman, George Inness (incorrectly identified as Albert Bierstadt), Eastman Johnson, John F. Kensett (original missing, copyprint only), Emanuel Leutze, Jervis McEntee (original missing, copyprint only), John Rogers, A.D. Shattuck, Thomas Sully (original missing, copyprint only), and Worthington Whittredge (original missing, copyprint only).

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs have been digitized and are available online via the Archives of American Art website.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The copy of Tuckerman's book was donated in 1958 by Robert McIntyre. The photographs, along with the extra illustrated edition of Henry Tuckerman's, "Book of the Artists..." (1867) were donated in 1960 by McIntyre. The folio was one of the 25 copies produced, possibly acquired by McIntyre through auction of the library of S.K. Cleven of Iowa handled by Anderson Galleries in 1915. The photographs were removed from the folio prior to its transfer to the Smithsonian American Art Museum Library. Photographer and provenance information (annotated) from Putnam's Monthly Advertiser is enclosed with the original folio housed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Library.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Artists -- United States -- Portraits -- Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Benson, Eugene, 1837-1908 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Brown, Henry Kirke, 1814-1886 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 1823-1900 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 1813-1892 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Elliott, Charles Loring, 1812-1868 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gifford, Sanford Robinson, 1823-1880 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gray, Henry Peters, 1819-1877 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hart, James McDougal, 1828-1901 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hubbard, Richard William, 1816-1888 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Inman, Henry, 1801-1846 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Inness, George, 1825-1894 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Leutze, Emanuel, 1816-1868 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
McEntee, Jervis, 1828-1891 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rogers, John, 1829-1904 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shattuck, Aaron Draper, 1832-1928 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910 -- Portraits -- Photographs Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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