Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Gambart, Ernest, 1814-1902
| title | Alexander Meyrick Broadley collection of autograph letters, ca. 1822-ca. 1902. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | An edition of William Powell Frith’s ’Autobiography and Reminiscences’, with ’Further Reminiscences’ in 9 v. extra-illustrated with ca. 160 autograph letters plus ca. 400 engravings, prints, newspaper clippings, postcards, broadsides and photographs. Letters (including seven from Frith) are from artist contemporaries of Frith’s (painters, engravers, etc.) and talk about work in progress, the business of the Royal Academy or furnish biographical information. The letters (and corresponding photographs and illustrative materials) are bound-in where individuals are mentioned in the text; the index, occasionally, can be used to locate these. Other letters are from notable authors, actors, clergymen and politicians; some are addressed to Ernest Gambart. Individuals represented in the collection include E.A. Sothern, Joseph Nollekens [with pencil sketch], William Etty, Thomas Faed, Paul Delaroche, E.J. Poynter, Cardinal Manning, J.E. Millais, S.L. Fildes, Lady Burdette-Coutts, Shirley Brooks, John Doran, W.H. Hunt, Henrietta Ward, L. Alma Tadema, Edmund Yates, G.A. Sala, Mrs. S.C. Hall, J. Toole, Charles Barry, Clarkson Stanfield, James Ward, Sir George Hayter, Sir A.W. Callcott (to Copley Fielding), W. Calder Marshall, George Barrett, Adelaide A. Proctor, E.W. Cooke, Francis Chantrey, Thomas Woolner, Samuel Cousins, David Cox, Sir Frederic Leighton, Amelia B. Edwards, M.E. Braddon, Harry Furniss, F.C. Burnand, Madge Kendal, and Adelina Patti. With a small pen-and-ink sketch by Frith, and original photographs (some signed) of Frith, Queen Victoria, Sir Frederic Leighton, Millais, and M. E. Braddon. Biographical or Historical Notes: British autograph collector. |
| extent | ca. 160 items. |
| formats | Holographs Sketches Photographs Printed Materials |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/mlc5om/GETTY_ALMA21140928710001551 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available in the repository |
| acquisition information | Provenance: Ex libris H. Harvey Frost. |
| updated | 07/28/2023 16:33:44 |
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| title | Clarkson Stanfield letters sent, 1834-1864. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Letters to artists and art dealers concerning Clarkson’s work and social engagements. The letters to artists include two to Martin Archer Shee one concerning the return of a portrait (n.d.); one to John Benjamin Heath mentioning pictures Stanfield is preparing for the Royal Academy (n.d.); one to Edward William Cooke concerning the return of etchings (n.d.); and one to David Roberts (1864). One letter of January 1857 to Lake Price seems to refer to a sitting; Stanfield remarks that he is "anxious that the picture should be done by you." He also refers to a proposal (Price’s?) which Stanfield will lay before a committee of the club. Stanfield’s letters to art dealers include two to Dominic Ellis Colnaghi, one asking him to sign "poor Sharps petition"; and one to Ernest Gambart arranging a meeting (1859). Biographical or Historical Notes: British painter. |
| extent | 27 items. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Open for use to qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat76721 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:57 |
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| title | Daniel Maclise drawings and letters, ca. 1855-1867. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Collection includes a bound volume containing 27 pen & ink drawings of courtiers, beggars and hunchbacks, after Callot. The vol. also includes 4 prints of Callot’s etchings of hunting scenes. With letters (ca. 1855-1867) of Maclise to various correspondents, including Austen Henry Layard, Ernest Gambart, W. Hepworth Dixon, David Roberts, Martin Shee and William Powell Frith, mainly concerning commissions for work for the Royal Fine Art Commission and the Houses of Parliament. Occasional commentary is provided on fresco painting, and some mention made of individual works, exhibitions of his paintings and the art criticism of John Ruskin. Included is a letter (1858) furnishing information on the production of his painting "Bohemian Gypsies." Biographical or Historical Notes: Irish painter. |
| extent | 27 drawings, 4 prints in 1 v.; + 22 letters. |
| formats | Drawings Correspondence |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat105032 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:57 |
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| title | David Roberts correspondence, 1837-1864. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Collection includes twenty-eight letters by Roberts to various correspondents concerning his work and Royal Academy matters. Included is one to the publishers Smith & Elder offering sketches for publication (1837); a letter from 1840 to Allan Cunningham saying that Turner is coming to dine and to look at drawings; letters from 1854, one to a Mr. Wethered concerning a painting by Etty, another to S.C. Hall providing detailed information on his painting "The Bridge of Toledo;" a letter dated 1856 April 6 to the Colnaghis in which Roberts seeks sponsorship for a pictorial history of the Crimean War; a letter from 1862 regarding the Belgian painter Gallett; and one from 1864 to W. Hepworth Dixon concerning a new Shakespeare monument in London. Among a group of undated letters is one describing the town of Abbeville in Picardy; a letter to J.B. Papworth enclosing tickets for an exhibition at the gallery of Francis Moon the printseller; and a letter to Ernest Gambart concerning paintings he is completing for the art dealer. Other correspondents include Dominic Colnaghi, Martin Archer Shee, Henry S. Bicknell, Lady Eastlake, E.W. Cooke and H.W. Pickersgill. Letters received include two from Edward Utterson (1841) thanking him for some drawings and congratulating Roberts on his election to the Royal Academy; two from a Col. Muir (1853); and a letter in verse from Roberts’ future biographer James Ballantine (1856). With a sheet containing sketches of human figures and architectural details, and an engraving of Roberts’ "The Ruins of the Convent of the Carmelites, at Burgos." Biographical or Historical Notes: British painter. |
| extent | 36 items. |
| formats | Holographs Sketches |
| access | Open for use to qualified researchers. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21140742490001551 |
| updated | 07/28/2023 16:33:44 |
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| title | Jean Léon Gérôme letters, 1853-1904. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | This collection contains 36 letters to several correspondents, two photographs and one photomechanical portrait of the artist, newspaper clippings, and one letter from Adolph Menzel. The letters detail work in progress on commissions, exhibition plans, Gérôme’s position in the Academie, personal engagements, atelier visits and reproduction of paintings. One letter (1862) mentions his attitude towards the Exposition de Londres, and another discusses certification of a painting arriving from the Borghese Gallery. The five letters addressed to Philbert Doré-Graslin concern Gérôme’s difficulty in obtaining permission to copy his own work housed in the Musée de Nantes (1862-1863); one of these letters is from Gérôme’s wife Marie Goupil. Other correspondents include Alexandre Cabanel (ca. 1889), the glass painter Léon Ottin (1884), the art dealer and print publisher Ernest Gambart (1860, 1865), the art dealer Knoedler (1883), and Charles-Ernest Beulé, archaeologist and perpetual secretary of the Ecole des Beaux Arts (ca. 1865). Biographical or Historical Notes: French painter and sculptor whose travels to Italy and the Far East inspired his history and genre paintings. |
| extent | ca. 45 items |
| formats | Holographs Printed Materials Photographs Correspondence |
| access | Open for use to qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat76385 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| acquisition information | Collection assembled by the repository. |
| updated | 07/28/2023 16:33:47 |
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| title | Joseph Gillott papers, ca. 1843-1890. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | The collection represents the surviving body of Gillott’s papers relating to art. Included are correspondence relating to Gillott’s collection and to his role in the art market; letterbooks devoted to correspondence with artists on the loan of pictures for exhibitions; ledgers of picture transactions, business, and personal accounts; and sales & auction catalogues and descriptive pamphlets relating to Gillott’s collection. Series I. Correspondence, ca. 1837-1871, ca. 2500 items. The bulk of the correspondence refers to Gillott’s collecting, collection, exhibitions, loans, estimates, picture sales, and transactions with dealers. Notable are the extensive groups of letters from Ernst Gambart (1860-1868), William Etty and the Etty estate (1844-1850), the dealer William Cox (1854-1867), the estate and associates of J. M. W. Turner, and Francis Danby (1855-1858). A portion of the correspondence relates to Gillott’s pen business, advertising, shares, investment of capital, property offers and sales both in England and overseas. Series II. Letterbooks, 1853-1882, 3 bound vols. Vol. 1, 1853-1854 (41 p.) letters addressed to Gillott regarding paintings; Vol. 2, 1858-1861 (206 pp.) copies of letters sent regarding pictures and loans for exhibitions, recipients include Cox, John Linnell, Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., and Turner; Vol. 3, 1856-1882, holds private correspondence regarding personal and domestic matters. Series III. Ledgers, ca. 1843-1867, 5 bound vols. One ledger (49 p.) entitled "Picture transactions" (1846-1853) contains memorandums and notes on pictures on loan, sold, and purchased. With sketches by Linnell of works commissioned by Gillott. The remaining four volumes concern legal and business (vol. 1); collecting, collection, and art dealing (vols. 2-3); and personal and family accounts (vol. 4). Series IV. Sales & auction catalogues, pamphlets and articles, ca. 20 items. Includes sales catalogues of the Joseph Gillott and Charles Dickens estates with published biographical sketches of Gillott and newspapers clippings. Biographical or Historical Notes: Gillott was a Birmingham (England) manufacturer who, in the course of assembling a large private collection of English paintings, bought and sold both native art and the work of Italian masters, and became closely associated with the dealer Ernest Gambart. Gillott’s collection became one of the most widely known and viewed of the Victorian age. The bequests and estate sales that followed his death were of considerable significance in dispersing works into private collections. His activities coincided with and had considerable influence on the formation of the international commercial art market and the exhibition system. Other Archival Location: Joseph Gillott papers; Also located at; Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, England. Joseph Gillott papers relating to his art dealing; Also located at; Birmingham University Library, Birmingham, England. |
| extent | 4 lin. ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Catalogs Ephemera |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21126822330001551 |
| finding aid | Detailed inventory, created by Jeannie Chapel, available in the repository. |
| acquisition information | The Gillott papers represent surviving documents acquired by Jeremy Maas from Gillott’s heirs. Letters from J.M.W. Turner to Gillott, originally part of the archive, are not among the papers acquired by the Getty Research Library. |
| updated | 07/28/2023 16:33:45 |
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| title | Rosa Bonheur letters and sketchbook, 1847-1899. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Collection consists of ca. forty-five letters to several correspondents (1856-1898), and one sketchbook (1847), with one document pertaining to Bonheur's estate (1899). Correspondents include the dealer Ernest Gambart (1898), Jules Claretie (1896), Mme. Fabien (1864-1869),Georges Petit (1863), Lefevre (1884, 1896), Camille Marcille (1869), Schainedland (1896), the Comtesse de Villelume-Sombreuil (1856), and Bonheur's dealer Benjamin Tedesco (1874-1891). The subjects of the letters are varied and include personal engagements, atelier visits, the purchase by Bonheur of drawings by Alfred Dedreux and Jules Dupre (Tedesco, 1888-1889), work on a painting for "the Empress" (Mme. Fabien, 1864), problems with a horse harness, the renting of a donkey and a cart (Mme. Sigura, n.d.), an exhibition for Petit, dues for the "Societe de l'Enseignement Professionel des Femmes," financial and practical matters and work in progress. In chronological order. The sketchbook contains studies of plants, peasants, farm tools, decorative objects, landscapes and human figures and is extensively annotated. |
| extent | ca. 50 items. |
| formats | Correspondence Holographs Sketches |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat104843 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:57 |
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| title | Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier Legal deposition, ca. 1880. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Apparently a legal deposition prepared for his attorney. He sums up his relationship with Ernest Gambart, who had made an engraving from his painting "Chess Players" without his permission. He mentions Gambart's purchase of "The Duel of Pionet" by Gerome, as well as Goupil and Durand Ruel. Biographical or Historical Notes: French painter. |
| extent | 1 item; 19 pages. |
| formats | Legal Papers |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat76257 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| updated | 07/28/2023 16:33:47 |
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| title | Correspondence associated with: Gambart, Ernest, 1814-1902. | repository | Online Edition of Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler |
| description | Ernest Gambart was the recipient, sender or subject of 9 documents, dated between 1863-1867, associated with Whistler and his work. They are available online in either digital form or by transcript, and in some cases both. The individual documents are located in the following repositories: Private Collection University of British Columbia, Rare Books and Special Collections Library of Congress Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK |
| extent | 9 items |
| formats | Correspondence Electronic Resource |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:57 |
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