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Archives of American Art
William Valentine Schevill papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.schewill
- Creators:
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Schevill, William Valentine, 1864-1951
- Dates:
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[ca. 1880-1935]
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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5.3 Linear feet
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Correspondence; art work, consisting of sketches (including a pencil sketch of Ferdinand Schevill), sketchbooks, drawings, and oil sketches on board; lists of works kept by his wife, Elizabeth Meier Schevill; exhibition announcements; clippings; photographs of Schevill, his family, his work, and his studio/living quarters in Munich, Germany; reference photographs; and printed material. Included in the correspondence is a note from President Taft and a telegram from Princess Irene of Prussia.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Portrait painter; Cincinnati, Oh., St. Louis, Mo., New York, N.Y., and Munich, Germany. The original spelling of the family name was Schwill. Among Schevill's important sitters are Prince Henry of Prussia, Schevill's brother, the historian Ferdinand Schevill, and President William Howard Taft.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1996 by Barbara Lawrence (Mrs. William E.) Schevill, daughter-in-law of William V. Schevill and in 1998 by Peter Lawrence, a grandson.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Portrait painters -- Germany -- Munich | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Artists' studios -- Germany | Function | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Schevill, Ferdinand, 1868-1954 -- Portraits | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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