Harrison, Joseph, 1810-1874

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role

Collector Patron

dates

1810-1874

city

Philadelphia

state

PA

other cities

St. Petersburg, Russia; London, United Kingdom; Paris, France;

sex

M

historical notes

Joseph Harrison was an art collector, served on the board of Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art, self-taught engineer and partner of Garrett, Eastwick and Co., Pennsylvania manufacturers of locomotive engines.

Harrison lent work to The Universal Exhibition held in Paris, 1867.

Some of the artwork in Harrison's collection were by Gilbert Stuart, Benjamin West, and James McNeill Whistler in his collection.

See Frederick Baekeland, "Collectors of American Painting, 1813 to 1913," American Art Review, Nov-Dec 1976.

For further biographical information related to Harrison's collecting see The Walpole Society note book, 1971 [http://arcade.nyarc.org:80/record=b509924~S6]

decades
of activity

1840-1850
1850-1860
1860-1870

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street	Joseph Harrison Letterbooks, 1844-1865	see details...
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street	Joseph Harrison Daybook, 1859.	see details...
Online Edition of Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler University of Glasgow	Correspondence associated with: Joseph Harrison, 1810-1874.	see details...
Newberry Library Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections 60 West Walton Street	Letter : Albury, Surrey, Eng., to Daniel Webster, [Washington, D.C.], 1851 Dec. 19.	see details...
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Archives	Papers of Joseph Harrison, Jr.	see details...