Corcoran, W. W. (William Wilson), 1798-1888 |
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Collector |
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1798-1888 |
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city
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Washington |
| state | DC | | other cities | Georgetown, DC; |
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William Wilson Corcoran was an art collector, patron, philanthropist, financier (Corcoran & Riggs Bank), and in 1869, he established the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC (opened, 1874– closed, 2014) to house his personal collection.
Corcoran’s collection focused on contemporary American art and included work by, among others, Albert Bierstadt, Emanuel Leutze, Frederic Church, George Inness, Daniel Huntington, Thomas Cole, Seth Eastman, William Ranney, and Thomas Doughty.
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decades
of activity | 1840-1850
1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
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| website | http://www.corcoran.org/ |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Corcoran Gallery of Art records, 1860-1947. |
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Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
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Papers of W. W. Corcoran, 1791-1896 (bulk 1849-1888). |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Donald McClelland papers, 1857-1968. |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter family papers, 1840-1957 |
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Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
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Riggs family papers, 1763-1945. |
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Duke University Library
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library |
John Adams Elder Papers, 1837-1910 |
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