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Fales, Samuel Bradford print view role Collector dates 1808-1880 city Philadelphia state PA other cities Boston, MA; Cambridge, MA; sex M historical notes Samuel Bradford Fales was in the importing and commission business (Fales and Williams), an art collector and connoisseur. He collected engravings, paintings, water colors, bronzes, and articles of vertu. Fales served as the Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and was the founder and treasurer of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon. The Fales collection sold in an auction on November 9, 1881, via the American Art Association. decades of activity 1850-1860 1860-1870 1870-1880 website https://archive.org/stream/frick-31072002486308/31072002486308#page/n1/mode/2up updated 03/22/2024 12:09:32 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 Manuscripts Division, William L. Clements Library University of Michigan George and Samuel B. Fales collection, 1815-1866 (bulk dates: 1834-1850) see details... The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street Samuel B. Fales collection of Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon papers, 1861-1886 (Bulk: 1861-1865) see details... «  back