Fales, Samuel Bradford
type Collector
dates 1808-1880
city Philadelphia
statePA
other citiesBoston, MA; Cambridge, MA;
sex M
history 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.
decades1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
websitehttps://archive.org/stream/frick-31072002486308/31072002486308#page/n1/mode/2up
updated 10/31/2024 13:33:25
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Repository Description Links
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...