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Jesup, Morris K. (Morris Ketchum), 1830-1908 print view role Collector dates 1830-1908 city New York City state NY other cities Westport, CT; Westchester, NY; sex M historical notes Collector, financier and philanthropist. In addition to collection European paintings, he had work by Hudson River School artists and its contemporaries; with art work by J.W. Casilear, Thomas Cole, Asher B Durand, Standford Gifford, Kensett, E.L. Henry, and F.E. Church. Jesup was married to Maria van Antwerp DeWitt Jesup (1834-1914), AKA Mrs. Morris Ketchum Jesup. Mrs Morris K Jesup lent the following work to the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909: Portrait of a Man - Frans Hals Portrait of a Young Man - Rembrandt Portrait of a Young Woman - Rembrandt Canal Scene - Salomon van Ruysdael According to the Art Treasures of America he owned works by: George H. Boughton, W.A. Bouguereau, H.Breling, V. Brozik, L. Bruck-Lajos, A. Casanova, J.W. Casilear, Ch. Chaplin, J.L. Chapman, J. Chelmonski, F.K. Church, Wm. Cole, F.C. Compte-Calix, Ch. Daubigny, E. Detaille, N. Diaz, L. Dupray, A.B. Durand, E. Frere, J.L. Gerome, S.R. Gifford, J.L. Hamon, W.S. Haseltine, F.P. Hiddemann, E. Hildebrandt, C. Hubner, H. Kauffmann, J.F. Kensett, B.C. Koekkoek, L.E. Lambert, L. Lasalle, F. Meyerheim, S. Mozier, M. Munkacsy, J. Pinchart, A. Piot, A.E. Plassan, C. Pujol, Leon Richet, D.M. Rico, S.W. Rowse, A. Schreyer, P. Seignac, A. Siegert, C. Troyon, E. Van Marcke, P. Van Schendel, E. Verboekhoven, A. Walberg, E. Samcois, F. Ziem. decades of activity 1860-1870 1870-1880 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:29 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 American Museum of Natural History Library - Special Collections American Museum of Natural History Correspondence, 1900-1904. see details... American Museum of Natural History Library - Special Collections American Museum of Natural History Administrative files, 1869-1968. see details... Brigham Young University Library Harold B. Lee Library Theodore Bronson Diary, 1880. see details... Harvard University Archives Pusey Library, Harvard Yard Papers of Frederic Ward Putnam, 1851-1916 (inclusive). see details... California State Library PO Box 942837 Letter by Gov. of New York state, Frank W. Higgins dated April 25, 1906 regarding raising sums for money for earthquake relief. see details... American Museum of Natural History Library - Special Collections Joel Asaph Allen Correspondence, 1870-1919 (bulk 1899-1902). see details... American Museum of Natural History Library - Special Collections Albert S. Bickmore Papers, 1854-1914 (bulk 1865-1903) see details... The New-York Historical Society Manuscript Department Daniel Huntington Study Portrait Collection, ca. 1870-1890 see details... The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 see details... «  back