Archives of American Art

George Henry Yewell papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.yewegeor
Creators:
Yewell, George Henry, 1830-1923
Dates:
1847-1973
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Reel
ca. 221 items (on partial microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, sketchbooks, photographs, art works, writings, and printed material. Among the correspondents are Albert H. Baldwin, George H. Boughton, Charles Coleman, Charles Percy Davis, William Graham, Josiah Green, Franklin R. Grist, William M. Hart, Thomas Hicks, Henry A. Loop, and Robert M. Pratt.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Portrait painter, genre painter, and etcher; Iowa City, New York City, and Lake George, N.Y. Lived in Rome 1856-1878.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 2428 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in University of Iowa, Manuscripts Library, Iowa City, Iowa.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming by the University of Iowa, October 1981.

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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Painting -- United States Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Etchers -- United States Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Genre painters -- United States Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Portrait painters -- United States Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Green, Josiah Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Grist, Franklin R. (Franklin Richard) Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hart, William McDougal, 1823-1894 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hicks, Thomas, 1823-1890 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Loop, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1831-1895 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pratt, Robert M., 1811-1880 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Baldwin, Albert H. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Coleman, Charles Caryl, 1840-1928 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Davis, Charles Percy Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Graham, William, 1832-1911 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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