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Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886 print view role Collector dates 1792-1886 city Philadelphia state PA other cities Wilmington, DE; sex M historical notes Publisher, naturalist and collector. Lea purchased 192 paintings in Florence, Italy in 1852. Before his purchases in 1952, Lea owned 13 paintings and kept them in his home on Locust St. decades of activity 1830-1840 1840-1850 1850-1860 1860-1870 1870-1880 updated 04/24/2025 09:12:52 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 Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Carey, Lea & Blanchard Correspondence, 1823-1849. see details... Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1861-1867. see details... Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Vanuxem family ledgers and letterbooks, 1776-1832. see details... Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1881. see details... Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Letter, 1884-1886. see details... Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1875. see details... see also: Lea, M. Carey (Mathew Carey), 1823-1897 Carey, William Paulet Carey, Edward L., 1806-1845 «  back