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Clarke, Thomas B. (Thomas Benedict), 1848-1931

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dates 1848-1931
city New York City
stateNY
sex M
historical notes Thomas B. Clarke collected Porcelain and American Art. Clarke was Morgan's porcelain advisor and cataloger.

According to The Art Treasures of America, Clarke owned works by A. Bierstadt, Walter Blackman, G. H. Boughton, F. A. Bridgman, J. G. Brown, W. M. Chase, F. E. Church, Samuel Colman, T. W. Dewing, F. W. Freer, R. S. Gifford, S. R. Gifford, S. J. Guy, E. L. Henry, W. Homer, T. Hovenden, W. Huntington, G. Inness, E. Johnson, H. Bolton Jones, J. F Kensett, J. Lafarge, W. Magrath, J. McEntee, E. Moran, P. Moran, W. S. Mount, Arthur Parton, H. S. Plumb, H. R. Poore, A. Quartley, W. T. Richards, T. W. Shields, G. H. Story, W. Thompson, D. Volk, T. W. Wood, and A. H. Wyant.

According to the American Art Annual, Mr. Clarke would show his collection to credentialed visitors (Volume 1, 1899, pg. 231).

Clarke is discussed in Frederick Baekeland's "Collectors of American Painting, 1813-1913," American Art Review, 3, Nov.-Dec. 1976.

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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Private art collection of Thomas B. Clarke, 1872-1879. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Thomas Benedict Clarke scrapbooks, 1880-1930. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Letters to Thomas B. Clarke from artists, 1883-1918. see details...
The Winterthur Library
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
Scrapbooks and register, 1872-1879, 1915-1916, 1921-1922. see details...
The Winterthur Library
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
Mantle Fielding Papers, 1902-1938
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ingalls Library and Archives
Records of the Director's Office: Frederic Allen Whiting, 1913-1930 see details...