Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America

Yerkes, Charles Tyson, 1837-1905 print view role Collector dates 1837-1905 city New York City state NY other cities Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; London, United Kingdom; gender M historical notes Charles Tyson Yerkes was an art collector, philanthropist, financier, and railway magnate. Yerkes collected paintings, tapestries, decorative arts, sculpture, and left the collection to MMA. He owned a Frans Hals' "Portrait of a Woman," which now resides in the Frick Collection. Henry Clay Frick purchased the painting from the Charles Yerkes sale for $137,000. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 updated 09/12/2019 15:30:47 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Archive Location Collection Title Links University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1930. see details... The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 see details... «  back