Charles James Madison Eaton correspondence with Hiram Powers, and a letter received from Thomas Sully
name: label: Creator
content: Eaton, Charles James Madison, 1808-1893
label: Creator
content: Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873
label: Names
content: Kellogg, Miner K. (Miner Kilbourne), 1814-1889
label: Names
content: Lester, C. Edwards (Charles Edwards), 1815-1890
label: Names
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
label: Occupation
content: Miniature painters
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Art patrons -- Maryland
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Italy
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Artists and patrons
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1985 by the Maryland Historical Society.
creator: label: Creator
content: Eaton, Charles James Madison, 1808-1893
label: Creator
content: Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Eaton was a founder of the Maryland Historical Society, a trustee of the Peabody Institute, and a collector of art. Eaton probably met Hiram Powers on one of his trips to Florence in the 1840's. They became lifelong friends and Eaton served as an American agent of sorts, promoting Powers' interests in Washington and Baltimore.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 21 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1845-1867
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.eatochar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3416 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel also available in the Maryland Historical Society.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Nineteen letters from Hiram Powers in Florence to Eaton, 1845-1867, concerning: the future of the Fine Arts in America; sculpture for the Capitol building; government patronage and politics; his commissions for portrait busts and ideal figures; his biographer, C.E. Lester, whom Powers rejects as "a scroundrel capable of any amount of falsehood"; the London exhibition and the American tour of the sculpture the GREEK SLAVE; European reaction to the outcome of the American Civil War; the art community in Florence; Powers' 1846 trip to Turin and Rome; and his health, family, and personal ambitions. In closing his letters, Powers often sends regards from Miner Kellogg.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included is a letter from Eaton to Powers, December 5, 1864, regarding a shipment of modelling clay from Baltimore to Florence, and a letter from Thomas Sully in Philadelphia to Eaton, September 27, 1847. Eaton was disappointed to learn that a painting he had inspected was not a Sully. "I am mortified at your disappointment," Sully wrote, "...had the picture been an original by me, I should have charged double the price."