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Ames, Frederick L. (Frederick Lothrop), 1835-1893 print view role Collector dates 1835-1893 city Boston state MA other cities North Easton, MA; sex M historical notes Frederick Lathrop Ames was a Boston art collector, railroad, real estate, and banking investor. Ames’ art collection consisted of paintings, porcelains, jades, crystals, objects of art. The collection include work by, among others, Delacroix, Dupre, Diaz, Corot, Courbet, La Farge, Rousseau, Troyon, Millet, Decamps, and Daubigny. In 1894, Ames’ widow, nee Rebecca Caroline Blair, gave the Boston Museum of Fine Art works of art from his collection including Troyon’s “Pointer Dog,” and Eugene Fromentin’s Tiger Hunt. An active member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society (member of finance committee and served as Vice-President) Ames also collected orchids. decades of activity 1860-1870 1870-1880 1880-1890 updated 02/14/2025 10:12:24 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 see details... Massachusetts Horticultural Society Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1816-1928 see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Ames family biographical materials, 1890. see details... Boston Athenaeum Library of the Boston Athenæum [Photographs from the studio of H.H. Richardson and Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge] see details... «  back