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Archives related to: Bayley, Frank William, 1863-1932
| title | Frank William Bayley Papers, 1878-1932. | repository | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| description | Collection of files on American artists kept by Frank W. Bayley of the Copley Gallery, Boston, Mass., and arranged alphabetically by artist. Contains biographical material on artists and subjects; correspondence concerning paintings and artists; photographs and engravings; and printed matter on American art. The collection mainly concerns American colonial portraitists. |
| extent | 9 boxes. |
| formats | Artist Files Correspondence Photographs Engravings Printed Materials |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/ |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:55 |
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| title | John Hill Morgan Research Files, 1922-1944. | repository | The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library |
| description | Correspondence, approximately 500 black and white photographs of George Washington portraits, handwritten and typed notes, annotated volumes, printed material, some drafts of Morgan's writings, and copies of diaries and letters document John Hill Morgan's research on portraits of George Washington and other early American works. Papers date from 1920-1944, with a few printed items dating from 1892-1913. The bulk of the collection contains Morgan's research and correspondence for his 1931 book, "The Life Portraits of George Washington and Their Replicas," which he co-authored with Mantle Fielding. Also of note is Morgan's research on Gilbert Stuart, which includes reference materials and his annotated volumes of "Gilbert Stuart: An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works" (1926) by Lawrence Park. Additional research in the collection concerns portraits of George Washington not included in Morgan's or Park's books, and fakes of early American oils and drawings: Frank Bayley's sale of a Washington portrait later determined to be a copy (in Series IV: Gilbert Stuart), and a series of fake drawings sold in the 1920s and early 1930s by a man using various aliases, including George J. Shepard, Ferdinand Danton and John J. Hughes (in Series V: Shepard-Hughes-Danton Fakes). Biographical/historical note John Hill Morgan (1870-1945), an assistant professor and curator of American painting at Yale University, was considered an authority on early American art, most notably of portraits of George Washington. Among his publications are "The Life Portraits of George Washington and Their Replicas" (1931) which he co-wrote with Mantle Fielding, "Gilbert Stuart and His Pupils" (1939), and "Early American Painters" (1921), as well as other monographs and articles on artists such as John Watson, Joseph Blackburn, Saint-Mémin, Jeremiah Theus, and John Ramage. A member of the Governing Committee of Museums of the Brooklyn Museum of Art and a trustee of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and the New York Historical Society, Mr. Morgan also served as a New York State Legislator (1900-1903) and Bank of America director (1925-1932), and was a member of the New York law firm Rumsey & Morgan. Location Frick Archives Call Number MS.008 |
| extent | 7.3 linear feet |
| formats | Clippings Correspondence Notes Photographs |
| access | These records are open for research under the conditions of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives access policy. Contact the Archives Department for further information at archives@frick.org |
| record link | http://www.frick.org/archives/FindingAids/JohnHillMorgan.html |
| record source | https://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991007514889707141 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the repository. |
| acquisition information | Bequest of John Hill Morgan, 1945. |
| updated | 10/28/2024 11:05:39 |
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| title | Lawrence Park Papers, 1910-1924. | repository | American Antiquarian Society |
| description | This collection is a compilation of Park's extensive correspondence, for the period 1910 to 1924, with museum directors, portrait owners, authors, publishers, photographers, art connoisseurs, and a variety of scholarly institutions concerning his work in the field of colonial art. Included are letters on the value of specific works, letters with detailed descriptions of portraits, letters on the compilation of photographs of old Worcester views (with which Park became involved in 1924), letters on the advisability of unearthing the old gravestones on Worcester's common. There are also many photographs of portraits collected by Park and by Clarence Saunders Brigham (1877-1963). Biographical and Historical Note Lawrence Park (1873-1924) of Worcester and Groton, Mass., author and authority on American portraiture, worked as a draftsman and architect in the firm of Park and Kendall until 1914, when he chose to devote his time to the sutdy of colonial art, especially portraiture. Park soon became an authority on the works of Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), wrote several descriptive portrait lists, was granted membership in various historical societies, and was hired as a consultant for several museums. He also produced a few genealogies and wrote for many scholarly journals. |
| extent | 3 boxes. |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://catalog.mwa.org/ |
| finding aid | Contents list available in library. |
| acquisition information | The source of this collection is unknown. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:06 |
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| title | Frank W. Bayley Papers, 1922-1932. | repository | American Antiquarian Society |
| description | This collection of correspondence centers primarily on American painting, particularly portraiture, from the seventeenth through the early nineteenth centuries. Much of the material concerns confirmation of attribution of portraiture to leading American artists like Joseph Badger, Joseph Blackburn, John Singleton Copley, John Smibert, Jeremiah Dummer, and Gilbert Stuart. There is also a scrapbook outlining activities at the Copley Gallery in the 1920s and photostats concerning colonial artists from the Frick Library in New York. There is an incomplete index to references to early American artists, prepared by Clarence S. Brigham in the 1930s. Biographical and Historical Notes: Frank William Bayley (1863-1932) was the proprietor of the Copley Gallery in Boston, Mass. Location: Manuscripts Call Number: Mss. Dept., Mss. boxes "B" |
| extent | 6 boxes |
| formats | Correspondence Scrapbooks Ephemera |
| record source | http://catalog.mwa.org/ |
| finding aid | Contents list available in library. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:06 |
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