Edward Augustus Brackett notebook
name: label: Creator
content: Brackett, Edward Augustus, 1818-1908
label: Names
content: Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander), 1814-1881
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Study and teaching
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: A handwritten note in the front of the notebook indicates that it was "presented to the Worcester Art Museum by Frank D. Brackett son of E. A. Brackett."
creator: label: Creator
content: Brackett, Edward Augustus, 1818-1908
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edward Augustus Brackett was a portrait sculptor born in Vassalboro, Maine, who worked in Cincinnati, New York, and Boston.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Volume
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1845
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.decrfa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm roll 1034 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Notebook of painting instructions presented to E[dward] A[ugustus] Brackett by his sculptor friend, Durivage, signed and dated "Boston, November 10, 1845." The notes pertain to such topics as drawing from nature, perspective, shadows, head and figure painting, and proportions of figures. Sketches of the primary palette and of the head are also included. The last entry, in a different handwriting, is entitled, "Notes on Painting" and the last date appearing is 1888. A note in pencil on the front cover says "translation from French."