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Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882 print view role Collector dates 1801-1882 city Vallombrosa other cities Woodstock, VT; Andover, MA; Hanover, NH; Burlington, VT; Washington, DC; Turkey; country Italy sex M historical notes George Perkins Marsh was an art collector, lawyer, congressman diplomat and conservationist who was appointed minister of both Turkey (1949-54) and Italy (1860-82). Though his collection included sculpture and painting, Marsh primarily collected prints, etching and engravings. His collection included work by Titian, Guido, Reynolds, Rubens, Hiram Powers, G.P.A. Healy, Thomas Crawford, Eastman Johnson, and Charles Lanman. The Smithsonian Institution purchased his art collection in 1849. After 1865 portions of it were deposited in the Library of Congress and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In the late 1880s, the Smithsonian retrieved many of the prints, and the collection is now held jointly by the National Museum of American History and the Library of Congress. Marsh was married twice. In 1828 he married his first wife, Harriet Buell (d. 1933); and in 1839, Marsh married Caroline Crane of Berkley, Massachusetts. Notes: Thank you to Helena E. Wright, Curator of Graphic Arts at the National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution, who provided us with updated information on the whereabouts of Marsh's art collection. decades of activity 1830-1840 1840-1850 1850-1860 website http://marshcollection.si.edu updated 10/31/2024 13:33:21 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 Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Miner Kilbourne Kellogg papers, 1842-1882. see details... Dartmouth College Rauner Special Collections Library George Perkins Marsh Papers, 1835-1870 see details... University of Vermont Library Special Collections, Bailey/Howe Library George Perkins Marsh Papers, 1812-1929 see details... New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Rm 328 Crane family papers, 1819-1944, bulk (1860-1900). see details... University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1868-1869. see details... Duke University library Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Miscellaneous Papers, 1825-1856. see details... Library of Congress Manuscript Division George Perkins Marsh correspondence, 1851. see details... The University of Iowa Special Collections Department Letter to Warren Stoddard. Florence, Italy. 1870 Apr. 3. see details... University of Chicago, Library Document attesting to Isabella Graham's study and work in sculpture:Manuscript, 1875 June 16. see details... University of Chicago, Library Letter : Burlington, [Vt.], to Joseph H. Barrett, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860 Oct 30. see details... Vermont Historical Society & Library Vermont History Center Franklin County, Vermont collection, 1797-1861. see details... American Philosophical Society Library Isaac Hays papers, ca. 1820s-1879. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Hiram Powers papers, 1819-1953, bulk 1835-1883. see details... University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Letter: Washington, D.C., to Mr. Charles Lanman : ALS, 1846 February 16. see details... Pennsylvania State University Rare Books and Manuscripts, University Libraries G.P. Marsh letter to Mrs. Gould, 1868 Aug. 3. see details... Ohio Historical Society Archives and Library Letter, 1844 Jan. 22. see details... University of Iowa Library Letter to Warren Stoddard. Florence, Italy. 1870 Apr. 3. see details... Pierpont Morgan Library Archives 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street Autograph letter signed: Burlington, to Henry Wheaton, 1847 July 14. see details... University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Henry Charles Lea Papers, ca. 1830-1935. see details... «  back