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Gilmor, Robert, 1774-1848 print view role Collector dates 1774-1848 city Baltimore state MD sex M historical notes Robert Gilmor, Jr. was a merchant, ship owner, East-Indian importer and collector who collected art, rare books, autographs, coins, antiquities, stamps, minerals and rocks. Gilmor’s art collection consisted primarily of 14th century Old Masters and 17th century Dutch and Flemish works, many of which were entered in John Smith’s A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. The bulk of Gilmor’s art collection was European, 14th century Old Masters and 17th century Dutch and Flemish works. Gilmor was a supporter of American artists and own works by Francis Guy, Thomas Cole, Horatio Greenough, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, and Henry Inman, John Trumbull, and A.S. Mount. In 1807, Gilmor married Sarah Reeve Ladson who was the daughter of Major James Ladson, of Charleston, SC. Both he and his wife had their portraits done by Thomas Sully (1783- 1872), they now reside in the Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC. decades of activity 1790-1800 1800-1810 1810-1820 1820-1830 1830-1840 1840-1850 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:17 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 Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Robert Gilmor papers, [ca. 1823]. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Thomas Cole papers, 1821-1863. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Anna Wells Rutledge papers, 1940-1961. see details... University of Virginia Library Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Letters to Robert Gilmor and [Eliza Harriet Arnold] Allen [manuscript], 1840 May 28 and 1859 February 26, Chamberlain, Mellen, 1821-1900. (MSS 13030) see details... The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please see individual record for location Miscellaneous papers, 1781-1949, 1830-1947 (bulk) see details... Rosenbach Museum and Library to Gulian C. Verplanck, 1826. ALsS : see details... University of Virginia Library Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Dissertation: Robert Gilmor, Jr. (1774-1848): Baltimore collector and American art patron see details... New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections Thomas Cole Papers, 1821-1863 (SC10635) see details... Maryland Historical Society, Library Special Collections Reading Room Robert Gilmor Junior Papers (MS 387) see details... Cornell University Libraries Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Washington Irving's Life of George Washington, Volume VI, miscellany, 1774-1807. see details... Maryland Historical Society, Library Special Collections Reading Room Howard-Gilmor Papers, 1696-1935 (MS 2619) see details... Maryland Historical Society, Library Special Collections Reading Room Gilmor Papers, 1689-1845 (MS. 387.1) see details... Maryland Historical Society, Library Special Collections Reading Room Art and autograph catalog, 1823-42. see details... Maryland Historical Society, Library Special Collections Reading Room Bayard Papers, 1672-1895. see details... Maryland Historical Society, Library Special Collections Reading Room Gilmor, Robert Jr., to Parker Cleaveland, October 18, 1827. see details... see also: Graff, Charles «  back