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Hurd, Richard M. (Richard Melancthon), 1865-1941 print view role Collector dates 1865-1941 city New York City state NY other cities New Haven, CT; Seattle, WA; sex M historical notes Richard Melancthon Hurd was a businessman and art collector. Hurd’s collection of Italian primitives was on view at The Newhouse Galleries in 1937. The collection included paintings by, or attributed to in 1937, Fra Filippo Lippi, Perugino, Matteo di Giovanni, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Deodato Orlandi, Giovanni del Biondo, Luca di Tommè, Antonio Veneziano, Jacopo del Sellaio, and others. Hurd married to Lucy Gazzam Hurd (1872-1962) in 1898. They had five children, they were as follows: Mary (b. 1899), Eleanor (b. 1902), Richard Hurd (b. 1905); Clement Gazzam Hurd (1908-1988), Lucy Lea (1920-1994, m. Lieut. John Spangler Farington). Hurd was a member of the Economic Association, and the University, Yale, Down-Town, Alpine, Pilgrims, Automobile of American, and Rumson Country clubs. decades of activity 1920-1930 1930-1940 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:25 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives Arthur Twining Hadley, president of Yale University, records see details... Houghton Library Harvard Yard, Harvard University John Jay Chapman additional papers see details... Houghton Library Harvard Yard, Harvard University Corinne Roosevelt Robinson papers see details... Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Yale University Library Marshall Bond papers see details... «  back