Rose Lamb papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lamb, Rose
label: Names
content: Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell, 1857-1945
label: Names
content: Fiske, John
label: Names
content: Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943
label: Names
content: Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879
label: Names
content: Lamb, Aimée, 1893-1989
label: Names
content: Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958
label: Names
content: Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911
label: Names
content: Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919
label: Names
content: Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946
label: Names
content: Turner, Ross, 1847-1915
label: Names
content: Woodbury, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1864-1940
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by Aimée and Rosamond Lamb, nieces of Rose Lamb in installments, primarily from 1980 to 1985. They donated the nine letters to Lamb from William Morris Hunt in 1976.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lamb, Rose
setName: label: See more items in
content: Rose Lamb papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Boston area portrait painter Rose Lamb date from circa 1870 to 1961, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1870 to 1900, and measure 0.8 linear feet. The collection contains a diploma; letters from artists, writers, historians, and others, including nine letters from former teacher and friend William Morris Hunt; photographs of unidentified people and artwork by Lamb; and original artwork, including a sketchbook, charcoal drawings, watercolors, and two oil paintings.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Rose Lamb (1843-1927) was a portrait painter and drawing instructor of Boston, Massachusetts. Lamb was born in Boston to a prominent family and was a student of William Morris Hunt and Helen Knowlton during the 1870s. Though she did not exhibit often during her lifetime, she was a successful portraitist specializing in portraits of children. Lamb was an active member of Boston society, befriending many artists, writers, and other cultural figures, and her portraits were in great demand among prominent Boston families. She traveled to Europe in 1881, 1890, and 1914, perhaps taking art classes while there in 1881. In 1884, and possibly later, she assisted George Bartlett as a drawing instructor at the South Boston School of Art. In 1900 she suffered a severe illness and stopped painting. For the remainder of her life she instead pursued travel and social activities. Rose Lamb died in 1927.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1870-1961
label: Date
content: bulk 1870-1900
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lambrose
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Oil paintings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Watercolor paintings
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Charcoal drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into 4 series:

Series 1: Diploma, 1881 (Box 1, OV 3; 1 folder)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1878-1914, 1952-1961 (Box 1; 5 folders)

Series 3: Photographs, circa late 1800s (Boxes 1-2; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 4: Artwork, circa 1870-late 1800s (Box 1-2, OV 3; 0.3 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed in the order in which it was received on reels 1309 and 3888. The entire collection was fully processed, arranged, and described by Erin Corley in 2008 and digitized in 2009 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
altformavail: label: Alternative Forms Available
content: The papers of Rose Lamb in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 2009, and total 224 images.

Photocopies of letters from originals found at outside archival repositories have not been scanned.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Oil paintings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolor paintings
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Charcoal drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The papers of Boston area portrait painter and drawing instructor Rose Lamb date from circa 1870 to 1961, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1870 to 1900, and measure 0.8 linear feet. The collection contains a diploma; letters from artists, writers, historians, and others, including nine letters from former teacher and friend William Morris Hunt; photographs of unidentified people and artwork by Lamb; and original artwork, including a sketchbook from circa 1870, charcoal drawings, two watercolors, and two oil paintings. Artwork depicts landscapes, children, and other figure studies.

 Correspondence within the the collection includes 19 letters from artists, such as Albert Sterner, Ross Turner, Howard Pyle, and Charles H. Woodbury; writers Anne Thackeray Ritchie, Margaret Deland, and Alfred Noyes; and historians John Fiske and Albert Bushnell Hart. Also found are nine letters from former teacher and friend William Morris Hunt. Eight of his letters describe in detail his work on the painting of murals in the Capitol building in Albany, New York, and one letter discusses his painting of portraits in North Easton, Massachusetts. Also among the correspondence are four letters to Aimée Lamb, Rose's niece.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Material
content: Also available at the Archives of American Art are the Aimée Lamb (niece of Rose Lamb) papers, 1888-1991. Original letters to Rose Lamb from Mary Cassatt and Childe Hassam are available at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.