Nickerson, Samuel M. (Samuel Mayo), 1830-1914 |
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1830-1914 |
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Brewster |
| state | MA | | other cities | Chicago, IL; Chatham, MA; Boston, MA; Appalachicola, FL; Brewster, Cape Cod, MA; New York, NY; |
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historical notes
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Samuel Mayo Nickerson was an art collector and businessman who made his fortune in the distillery, railroad and banking industries.
Nickerson was a founder, vice president (1865-1867) and president of the First National bank (1867-1898). He was elected president of the Chicago City Horse Railway company in 1865 which later became the Chicago City Railway company.
Nickerson and his wife, nee Matilda Pinkham Crosby (1837-1912), collected jades, lacquers, porcelains, bronzes, oriental art objects, modern paintings, statuary, and engravings.
The Nickerson collection included work by, among others, F. C. Church, B. C. Koekkoek, N. Diaz, Bierstadt, G. N. Nicholson, L. R. Mignot, Hendrik Schaefels, Thomas Cole, E. Vedder, H. Lewis, Gustave Doré, Ceramano, F. H. De Hans, Jervis McEntee, A. H. Wyant, George Innes, Klombeck Verbeekhoven, Corot, F. Lamoriniere, P. T. Clays, David Johnson, Leon y Escosura, Bouguereau, W. Verschour, Adolf Schreyer, C. Hubner, E. Lewtze, David Neal, A. Spring, H. Merle, and Carl Mueke.
Much of the collection was given the the Chicago Art Institute in 1900.
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decades
of activity | 1860-1870
1870-1880
1880-1890
1890-1900
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| website | http://www.driehausmuseum.org |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Benjamin K. Smith papers relating to O'Brien Galleries, 1912-1941. |
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Chicago History Museum
Research Center |
Nickerson, Samuel M., portrait photograph [graphic]. |
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Chicago History Museum
Research Center |
Nickerson, Samuel M., portrait photograph [graphic]. |
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New England Historic Genealogical Society
Stanton Avery Special Collections Dept. |
Roland Crosby Nickersons Fieldstone Hall and Tawasentha Crosby mansion (Mss A 6217) |
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Sturgis Library Archives
Sturgis Library |
Priscilla Dean research notes on Fieldstone and "Tawasentha," the Crosby Mansion, [1997] |
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The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |
M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 |
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Internet Archive
American Libraries |
Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson |
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Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
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Samuel M. Nickerson House, 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL |
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