New-York tribune., 1904-08-13
SAMUEL P. AVERY DEAD.
His Long Career as an Art
Connoissfur and Dealer.

samuel Putnam Avery. well known ar
dealer and conrcfsseur, lied at hts home, No
Fast Thirty -eighth-st on Thursday- at the age O.
atghty-two years. Bcth late last winter and early
in the spring. Mr. Avery had suffered from severe
attacks Of bronchial trouble. Up to laet saturda.
he had been stayin- Toy two months with his wife
~ Lake Mohonk. On Saturday he returned Z"
town intending 70 90 TO Atlantic City for eleCtr1-
cai treatment He became i'll earlv m the week,
however. aud On Monday took 70 his bsd Only his
dauehter the wife OF the Rev " p WeIche-. was
With him when he died Samuel P. Avery jr his
ore zurvfvfrg son. was in Canada at the time the
news Of his fathers Illness reached him, and he
hurried back arriving in town yesterday 20 find
his father dead Mrs. Avery is stil at Lake Mo
honk, too III travel
Mr.. A very was active in many pubic enterprises
pertaining 10 the fine arts Ions secretary or
tho art committee OF the Union League club and
one Of the founders Of the Metropolitan Museum ct
Art, TO which he made. together with his wife, a
number OF valuable gifts. and Of which for many
years he was trustee.
Tfe was also trustee Of the Lenox, Astor and
TiIden libraries, and was one OF the committee for
the erection of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty in
New-York HaTbor-
In memory Of his second SON Henry O. Avery
who died in 1890. and was graduate of the EcoIe
des Beaux Arts in Paris he founded with Mrs
Avery, the Avery Architectural Library IN Column
bia College and provided endowment fund In
memory of his third daughter. Ellen Walters
Avery who died in 1895. he established library I'm
Of books with many others.
To the LenOx Library MIR. eAvery gave hts cclIec-
ton OF etchings and engravinss about seventeen
thousand IN all and the labor of thirty-odd years.
He was liberal siver toward the better educa-
ton OF the negro and the Indian. With his wife, he
endowed several free beds in different hospitals and
contributed to charitable institutions
throughout the country.
Born in this city on March ~ 1872. Mr Avery
was the eldest son of Samuel P and Hannah Parke
IN ber-7 "a
from Richard Parke. OF London who came over in
the ship Defense in 1885. settling in Carbrfdse
Mass On his father side he was descended from
Dr. William Avery. who came to America from
Barkham. England. in 1850. and settled in Ded-
ham. Mass.
Mr.. Avery's father, who was in the leather busi-
ness IN Catharine-st., died when thirty-fve years
Of age IN the cholera epidemic OF 1892 leaving his
eldest son, 2 boy OF ten. with brother and three
sisters. 70 fight his own way in the world He
began engraving as mere boy. afterWard editing
ana illustrating compilations OF his own selection
In 1863 he removed from downtown TO No. 694
Broadway and opened business OF engraving. art
coIors. In 1861 he was appointed conmissioneT 70
WISH france IN charge OF the American art de-
IN IN 4SSS ne opened gallery at No SS Fifth-ave..
In lss5 ne retired. and was succeeded by his son.
5 Z. Avery. II, who opened a gallery in Fifth
lege conferred on Mr.. Avery the degree OF Master
of Arts in recognition his services TO the cause
on his seTenty-fth brthday he received rom
seVenty-1v leading citizens OF New-York q gold
n ISi Mr. Avery ns1ried Miss May PyDG 4nn ogdsR
The etchlngS given TO the library by Mr. Avery
were by modern artists. including Haden, Dau-
bIgny, JacQue. Whistler. Miller. Fortuny. Meryo1,
Flameng, Bracquemond Israels and Eaioa- That
which Mr. Avery considered one OF the most val
uabla items In the collection OF Turner'S
"Liber Studiorum.' ZS pieces in all The htho-
graphs collection illustrate the art OF Hthog-
rapny from the time OF It's inventor, Senefeldsr. 10
the present day.
Mr.. Averys brother, Benjamin Parke Avery was
appointed Minister from the United States 10
China in 1874 Mr. Avery was war veteran OF the
Sd Regiment, Brooklyn, and member OF the fol-
lowing societies aud clubs: Union League, Century,
Grolier. City. National Arts Tuxedo Architectural
League. Seulptors Society. New-York Genealogical
Society, Municipal Art, CSeogra phtcal Society. Nu
mismatc Society, Civil Service Reform Associa-
tiOn, Historical Society, Museum OF Natural His
tory. Sons Of the Revolution and Society OF Colo
NAL Wars.
The funeral will take place from his homs at go
2. N tomorrow. The Rev. DIR. Houghton, OF the
Church Of the TRANSPORTATION. will conduct the
funeral The burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.