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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Morith Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2013.03
- Creators:
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Frick, Frank, 1828-
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Photographic album151 prints2 Itemsbox cameras
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
One photography album of Frick's world travels. Also includes two box cameras.
Arrangement
Arrangement
One flat box for album. Each camera is in a box.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Frank Frick was a merchant of Baltimore, Maryland, a patron of the arts, and during the last years of his life, traveler to Asia, Africa, and Europe. The album is 50 pages, each with hand tinted albumen prints and extensive hand painted margin decorations. The album itself is most likely American, but the photographs are Yokohama studio productions, mostly by the Tamamura studio. There are two vintage cameras: an 1898 Kodak :"Bullseye" and a 1920s Enemann Heig XII (not operational).
Biographical / Historical
This photography album are from a dispersed set documeting Frick's world travels.
Administration
Custodial History
Gift of Thomas E. Morith, 2013.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Preferred Citation
Morith Collection. FSA.A2013.03. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
FSA A2013.03
Keywords
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| Japan | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
National Museum of Asian Art Archives
Washington, D.C. 20013
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