Graff, Charles

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role

Collector Patron

dates

1779-1846

city

Philadelphia

state

PA

sex

M

historical notes

Charles Graff was a Philadelphia art collector, merchant, member of Philadelphia Savings Fund Society (1821-1825) and both served on the board of and bequeated art to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

A patron of Raphael Peale, Graff collected Old Masters and regional Pennsylvania artists. Graff owned work by, among others, Louis Lemet, Thomas Birch, Raphael Peale, Thomas Cole. He donated Chinese wooden bellows, a dagger and other curiosities form Owyhee and Java provinces to the Philadelphia Museum in 1807.

Graff’s estate sale was held at in 1856 at M. Thomas & Sons Auctioneers.

decades
of activity

1800-1810
1810-1820
1820-1830
1830-1840
1840-1850

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03/22/2024 12:09:31

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street	Dutilh and Wachsmuth papers , 1704-1859.	see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street	Letter to C. Graff & S. Smith on behalf of Philadelphia Bank re state stock purchase.	see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street	Graff Family Papers, 1727-1929.	see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street	Charles Graff Diaries, 1800-1823	see details...
The Winterthur Library Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum	Charles Graff Receipt book, 1799-1806	see details...
University of South Carolina South Caroliniana Library, 910 Sumter St.	Thomas Eveleigh Richardson Collection, ca. 1683-1933	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Raphaelle Peale letter, 1816 Sept. 6.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Selected art related documents from the Woodhouse collection, [1817-1843 and undated].	see details...
University of Delaware Library Special Collections	Graff Family Papers, 1750 - 1856 (bulk dates 1756 - 1829)	see details...
Philadelphia Water Department Historical Collection	Newspaper Clipping Scrapbook of Frederic Graff Jr., Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Water Department, 1854-1857 (Accession 2004.071)	see details...
The Winterthur Library Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum	Graff family Papers, 1760-1840.	see details...
University of Maryland	Papers of Aubrey Land, Bulk dates:1755-1985, Inclusive dates:1755-1985	see details...
Detroit Public Library Burton Historical Collection	Jacob Graff papers, 1774-1850.	see details...
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives	Dutilh and Wachsmuth (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1784-1879.	see details...
Northwestern University Library Library of Special Collections	Apprentice indenture, 1800 August 3, Philadelphia	see details...
University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections	Adam and Henry Seybert Correspondence, 1817-1856.	see details...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location	Miscellaneous papers, 1781-1949, 1830-1947 (bulk)	see details...