Portrait painters
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Sansom silhouette albums
Collection — Doc-52
Identifier: Doc-52
Scope and Contents
Consists of ink silhouette portraits bound in two separately titled volumes, dated 1790-1800. Death dates added in vol. 2 as late as 1825 indicate that these volumes had an active life after date of creation. Volume 1 is titled An Occasional Collection of Physiognomical Sketches, chiefly North American, and drawn from the life; designed to preserve the characteristic features of personally, mentally, or officially Remarkable Persons, and the endeared memory of Private Friends or Public...
Dates:
1790 - 1800
Found in:
Winterthur Library
Recollections of a septuaginarian
Collection — Doc-30
Identifier: Doc-30
Scope and Contents
Jonathan Mason's memoirs were “written without any attempt at elegant phraseology or fine writing, but Currente Calamo as his thoughts and remembrances arose to his mind between sundown and dark. For the amusement of his Grandchildren.” Begins with account of his parents' recollections of the Revolution, and his own childhood memories of Boston. Continues with detailed accounts of his friendship with artists and patrons--including Gilbert Stuart, Washington Allston, Horatio Greenough, Thomas...
Dates:
[1866?]-1881
Found in:
Winterthur Library