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Archives related to: Brimmer, Martin, 1829-1896
title | Martin Brimmer letters, 1880-1896. | repository | Archives of American Art |
description | Sarah Wyman Whitman was a Boston painter and patron of the arts, born in Baltimore in 1842. She died in Boston in 1904. Primarily letters written by Brimmer to Sarah Wyman Whitman, written from London, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere, and referring to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and to contemporary artists such as George Fuller, John LaFarge, William Morris Hunt, John Singer Sargent, and James A. McNeill Whistler. In addition, there are letters from Henry Lee Higginson, Owen Wister, and other friends of Brimmer, referring to Brimmer's death. |
extent | 0.4 linear ft. (45 items on partial microfilm reel) reel D32 |
formats | Correspondence |
access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
record link | n/a |
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