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Mansfield, Howard, 1849-1938 print view role Collector dates 1849-1938 city New York City state NY other cities Seal Harbor, ME; Hamden, CT; New Haven, CT; sex M historical notes A collector and lawyer, Howard Mansfield, was married to Hellen Coolidge Tuttle in 1898. In addition to collecting prints by James Whistler, Mansfield collected Japanese paintings, pottery, metalwork, lacquer, robes, masks and printed books. Mansfield studied at Yale and Columbia universities and was called to the bar in 1874. He was a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and became its first acting curator of Asian art until a staff curator was appointed. Mansfield published catalogues of James Whistler’s etchings in 1909 (Mansfield, Howard A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Chicago, 1909) and the work of Charles Meryon (A catalogue of etchings and drawings by Charles Meryon and portraits of Meryon in the Howard Mansfield collection) in 1911. Mansfield belonged to the Century, Yale, University and Groiler Clubs. decades of activity 1870-1880 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 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 Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Joseph Pennell papers, 1908-1935. see details... Online Edition of Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler University of Glasgow Correspondence associated with: Mansfield, Howard, 1849-1938 see details... New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Rm 328 Howard Mansfield collection on James McNeill Whistler 1893-1894 see details... New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Rm 328 A Collection of clippings from various periodicals, pertaining to the life and works of J.A.M. Whistler, compiled by H. Mansfield. Mounted and bound. see details... Grolier Club 47 East 60th Street Records of the curator, 1910-1944. see details... Grolier Club 47 East 60th Street Records of the librarians, 1897-1970. see details... Houghton Library Harvard Yard, Harvard University Wendell Family Papers, ca. 1620-1921 (MS Am 1907-1907.1). see details... see also: Mansfield, Burton, 1861-1933 «  back