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Archives related to: Andrews, William Loring, 1837-1920
| title | Society of Iconophiles print collection, 1895-1929. |
| repository | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library |
| description | Collection of prints, mostly New York scenes, issued by the Society of Iconophiles. Contents Series I. Twelve Engravings by Edwin D. French Series II. Twelve Lithographs by C. F. W. Mielatz Series III. Six Portraits Engraved by Francis S. King Series IV. Six Portraits, with Views, Engraved by Francis S. King Series V. Ten Facsimiles of Early Engraved Views Reengraved by Sidney L. Smith Series VI. Two Portraits Engraved by Francis S. King Series VII. Eight Aquatints by C.F.W. Mielatz Series VIII. Twelve Lithographs by Joseph Pennell Series IX. Twelve Engravings by W. M. Aikman, Frances S. King, and Sidney L. Smith Series X. Picturesque New York: Twelve Photogravures from Monotypes by C. F. W. Mielatz Series XI. Six Etchings, from Photographs, by Sidney L. Smith Series XII. One Mezzotint by S. Arlent Edwards Series XIII. Three Engravings of Statues by Francis S. King Series XIV. Six Engravings by W. M. Aikman and Sidney L. Smith Series XV. Eight Engravings by W. M. Aikman and Sidney L. Smith Series XVI. Two Engravings Printed in Colors by Charles Furth Series XVII. View of attack against Fort Washington. Organized in seventeen series, after the series of prints published by the Society of Iconophiles. Biographical / Historical Note: The Society of Iconophiles was formed in 1894 by William Loring Andrews (1837-1920), a member of the Grolier Club. Its stated purpose was to issue series of engraved views of New York City and portraits of prominent persons connected with New York City. Each series of engravings was issued in an edition of 101. Eleven of these were proofs before letter, which were signed by the engraver. The plates were destroyed after this first printing. The Society initially limited itself to ten members, each of whom was to receive one of these signed proofs. The other 90 prints were sold to the public. In 1905, the Society of Iconophiles enlarged its circle by creating fifty Associate Members, who subscribed to the upcoming print series. The initial group of ten became known as the Active Members. During its tenure, the Society produced seventeen discrete series of prints, other assorted prints, and several volumes. The Society of Iconophiles ceased to exist in 1939. Other Titles: Catalogue of the engravings issued by the Society of Iconophiles of the City of New York. |
| extent | circa 110 prints. |
| formats | Prints |
| access | Digital version available with no restrictions. |
| record link | https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/11332792 |
| record source | https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/11332792 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:52 |
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| title | Letters and engravings related to work commissioned by William Loring Andrews, 1901-1917 (bulk 1901-1905). |
| repository | Grolier Club |
| description | One hundred and three ALS from Smith to Andrews. Most of them discuss the work Smith carried out for Andrews' books Paul Revere and his engravings (1901) and New York as Washington knew it after the revolution (1905). Also 116 engravings by Smith, including those done for these books but also some examples of bookplates, head- and tail-pieces, etc. created for other work. Bio/History: Smith was a well known bookplate designer and engraver based in Boston. William Loring Andrews was a book collector, amateur publisher, writer and a founding member of the Grolier Club. He wrote or compiled over twenty books about prints, book collecting, and the book arts with emphasis on the era of George Washington and on New York City. |
| extent | 224 items letters 103 engravings 116 ; 10 x 15 cm. and smaller engraving plates 5 ; 10 x 15 cm. and smaller |
| access | Contact the Grolier Club for access restrictions. |
| record source | http://www.grolierclub.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=288398&ssid=167199&vnf=1 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:52 |
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| title | Catalogue of the books & prints in the collection of William L. Andrews. |
| repository | Grolier Club |
| description | Title in color, with vignette of books lying flat on a desk; hand colored initials throughout text. Grolier Club notes indicate that the catalog was probably produced before 1868; all items are priced and labelled "sold" or "destroyed." Bound in contemporary red half leatherover marbled paper covered boards. |
| extent | 1 volume (i.e. 210 pages) ; 27 cm |
| access | Contact the Grolier Club for access restrictions. |
| record source | http://grolier.vtls.com:3272/heading/search?theme=grolier |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:52 |
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| title | Letters from sculptors, from the correspondence files of the Curator of Ancient & Modern Statuary ; Miscellaneous letters from the correspondence files of the Curator of Ancient & Modern Statuary, 1892-1904. |
| repository | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| description | Letters from thirty-four American artists, chiefly sculptors, assembled by Frank Edwin Elwell. Artists include Edwin Blashfield, Gutzon Borglum, Charles Henry Caffin, Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and John Quincy Adams Ward. Collection also contains: four miscellaneous letters, including one from William L. Andrews, Honorary Librarian of the Museum, and two from William Clifford, Librarian of the Museum between 1905 and 1941; a facsimile of a passport for Pierre François Jean Baptiste Leblanc to travel to England (issued June 14, 1813); an engraved portrait of Cyrus Durand by his brother, Asher B. Durand, accompanied by a letter of transmittal from Frank D. Shearman to William Clifford (dated May 13, 1916); an autographed photographic portrait of Thomas Moran by Henry Havelock Pierce, from 1915. Bio/History: Frank Edwin Elwell (1858-1922) was an American sculptor whose work was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition (1893) and the Pan American Exposition (1901). He was the adopted son of author Louisa May Alcott, with whom he first studied sculpture. Elwell was Curator of Ancient and Modern Statuary at the Metropolitan Museum of Art between 1903 and 1905. Original or duplicate materials: Thomas J. Watson Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., U.S Other Titles: Miscellaneous letters from the correspondence files of the Curator of Ancient & Modern Statuary. |
| extent | .48 cubic ft |
| access | Contact the Grolier Club for access restrictions. |
| record link | http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/searchterm/Letters%20from%20sculptors,%20from%20the%20correspondence%20files%20of%20the%20Curator%20of%20Ancient%20and%20Modern%20Statuary/field/relatig/mode/exact/order/title |
| record source | https://library.metmuseum.org:443/record=b1508798~S1 |
| finding aid | Photocopy available in repository. |
| acquisition information | Tranferred from the Secretary's Office |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:52 |
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| title | ALS : Birmingham [Eng.], to William Loring Andrews, New York City, 1890 Mar. 3. |
| repository | Grolier Club |
| description | With this autograph letter Brassington evidently enclosed a prospectus for his projected book, Historic bookbindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and asked the Grolier Club to subscribe to the costs of publication. (The club did acquire a copy of the book, published in 1891.) He asked also if the club would be interested in reproducing three seventeenth century tracts published in England that relate to the Virginia and Massachusetts colonies. The club declined to do so. Notes Brassington was an English bibliographer and antiquary. Local Notes Contained within the Grolier Club Autograph Manuscript Collection. See finding aid for details. |
| extent | 1 item |
| access | Contact the Grolier Club for access restrictions. |
| record source | http://grolier.vtls.com:3272/heading/search?theme=grolier |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:52 |
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| title | ALS : London, to president of the Grolier Club, 1889 Nov. 4. |
| repository | Grolier Club |
| description | With this letter, addressed to "the president of the Grolier Club" (aNew York City bibliophile society), Hamilton encloses his collection of poems on smoking, An odd volume for smokers, and asks the club to send him a copy of its bookplate andother printed ephemera. The club added the title to its library. Biographical Notes William Loring Andrews was president of the Grolier Club in 1889. Walter Hamilton was an English authority on bookplates and writer of light verse and parodies. In 1889, Reeves and Turner (London) published his collection, An odd volume for smokers: a lyttel parcell of poems and parodyes [sic]. Notes Contained within the Grolier Club Autograph Manuscript Collection. See finding aid for details. |
| extent | 1 item |
| access | Contact the Grolier Club for access restrictions. |
| record source | http://grolier.vtls.com:3272/heading/search?theme=grolier |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:52 |
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| title | Bibliopegy in the United States and kindred subjects: autograph manuscript, [1902]. |
| repository | Grolier Club |
| description | Autograph manuscript, which concentrates on describing examples of fine bookbinding produced in the Untied States in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The manuscript contains authorial corrections; several leaves have been pasted over original leaves. Dodd Mead published it under this title in 1902. Historical/Biographical Note Book collector, amateur publisher, writer and a founding member of the Grolier Club (1884). Author of over twenty books about prints, book collecting and the book arts. General Note Date taken from typewritten title page inserted in front of manuscript.Manuscript is written on graphing paper. Bound in quarter red morocco with slipcase. |
| extent | 42 leaves (28 cm.) |
| access | Contact the Grolier Club for access restrictions. |
| record source | http://www.grolierclub.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=288398&ssid=167199&vnf=1 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:52 |
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| title | Scrapbooks and associated material relating to the book arts, 1866-1920. |
| repository | Grolier Club |
| description | Correspondence and clippings of articles by Andrews and others concerning his interests in rare books and his publishing activities. Correspondents include individuals, libraries, his publishers at Dodd, Mead and Company, and the journals The Bookman and Modern Art. Also included are: three books written or compiled by him, as well as book announcements and advertisements for his own books and those of others; Library of Congress copyright certificates for his books; and miscellaneous meeting announcements and invitations. Also, ALS and signed carte de visite from French artist J.G. Vibert and cartes de visite from three other 19th century French artists. Two resolutions on his death, hand-lettered and bound, are included: one from the Continental Assurance Company and the other from the Society of Iconophiles. A copy of Fitz-Greene Halleck’s Poems (1847), bound in red morocco with Andrews’ bookplate, is of special interest, as Andrews gave personal support to Halleck during his later years. A collection of twelve re-strikes from the original copper plates for engravings of the twelve apostles by artist Hans Sebald Beham, given to Andrews by John P. Woodbury of Boston, completes the collection. Historical/Biographical Note Book collector, amateur publisher, writer, and a founding member of the Grolier Club (1884) and the Society of Iconophiles. Author of over twenty books about prints, book collecting and the book arts, Andrews became a director of the Continental Assurance Company in 1875 chaired its Committee on Accounts. He wrote a history of the company that covered the period from 1853 to 1905. |
| extent | 4 linear ft. |
| access | Contact the Grolier Club for access restrictions. |
| record source | http://www.grolierclub.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=288398&ssid=167199&vnf=1 |
| finding aid | Unpublished inventory available in repository. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:52 |
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| title | Correspondence associated with: Andrews, William Loring |
| repository | Online Edition of Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler |
| description | William Andrews Loring was the recipient, sender or subject of 3 documents, dated between 1875-1889, associated with Whistler and his work. They are available online in either digital form or by transcript, and in some cases both. Biography: William Loring Andrews, 1837-1927 Nationality: American Date of Birth: 1837 Place of Birth: New York, NY Date of Death: 1927 Place of Death: Identity: William Loring Andrews was a collector. Life: Andrews was a bibliophile and collector. There is a catalogue of his collection of early books in the library of Yale Univesity. He was a particular authority on bindings, on which subject he wrote several books. He was also an authority on the Bradford map of New York. He was the author of An Essay on the Portraiture of the American Revolutionary War (1896), Paul Revere and his Engraving (1901) and Of the Extra Illustration of Books (1900). He bought a number of JW's works from Wunderlich and Co. in New York in 1889, including Note in Rose and Silver - Dordrecht (M.970), r.: Gold and Brown: Dordrecht; v.: Dordrecht (M.968) and Sun and silver - La Petite Crémerie, Paris (M.1015). His address at this time was listed as 16 East 38 Street, New York (#07175). Bibliography: G[illiss], W[alter], In Memoriam: William Loring Andrews, New York, 1921. |
| extent | 3 documents |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/ |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:52 |
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