| Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944 | ||||||||||
| type | Collector | |||||||||
| dates | 1867-1944 | |||||||||
| city | New York City | |||||||||
| state | NY | |||||||||
| other cities | Cambridge, MA; Paris, France; | |||||||||
| sex | M | |||||||||
| history |
Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944) was a collector, housing reformer, real estate developer and architect. Stokes began collecting prints in 1899. In 1930 he donated his entire collection, which by then included prints, maps, drawings, paintings, view-books, photographs and other documents, to the New York Public Library. His collections includes more than 800 prints, drawings, and maps produced over a period of four centuries, from the earliest European discoveries of the West Indian islands through the 19th century. |
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| decades | 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 |
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| updated | 03/22/2024 12:09:31 | |||||||||
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