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Archives of American Art
John Vanderlyn papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vandjohn
- Creators:
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Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852
- Dates:
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[ca. 1796-1890]
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2 Microfilm reels
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Family and business correspondence, including letters from Washington Allston, William Dunlap, Asher B. Durand, G.P.A. Healy, Charles B. King, Rubens Peale, and Thomas Sully.
Arrangement
Arrangement
The papers were not put in chronological order before microfilming and there are no frame numbers.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Painter; London, England and Paris, France.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1040 and 1041 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in Senate House Museum Kingston, N.Y.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The microfilm was purchased from the New York Historical Society, 1976, who filmed the papers at the Senate House Museum, Kingston, N.Y.
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
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