Truman Seymour papers
name: label: Creator
content: Seymour, Truman, 1824-1891
label: Names
content: Corelli, Gabriel
label: Names
content: Weir, John F. (John Ferguson), b. 1841
label: Names
content: Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889
topic: label: Topic
content: Watercolor painting -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 19th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 940-942 and 1007 lent 1975 by DeWolf Perry, Seymour's grandnephew. Material on reel 1038 lent 1976 by DeWolf's brother, John Weir Perry. 44 copy prints on reel 1007 were made from slides lent by DeWolf Perry.
creator: label: Creator
content: Seymour, Truman, 1824-1891
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and watercolorist; Massachusetts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 131 Items ((on 5 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1844-1974
label: Date
content: bulk 1844-1890
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.seymtrum
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 940-942, 1007, and 1038 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Reel 1007: Photographs are copy prints.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 940-942 and 1007: Originals returned to lender, DeWolf Perry, after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 1038: Originals returned to lender, John Weir Perry, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs, sketchbooks, and personal papers.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 940-942: Several loose sketches and 26 sketchbooks, mostly in pencil and watercolor and done in the U.S., Italy, France, England, North Africa, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, and Morocco; biographical material; two letters to John F. Weir, one from Weir's father Robert, both referring to the Civil War; 2 awards; a booklet "Pre-Raphaelitism," 1851; exhibition material, 1974; and a folio of watercolors by Gariel Corelli.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1007: 44 copy prints made from slides of watercolors by Seymour; and one slide of a color chart by him (not microfilmed).
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1038: 7 sketchbooks, 1880-1885, executed while traveling in Italy, Spain, and Germany and often dated and identified. Most of the sketches are in pencil. Included among them are 13 watercolors and a color wheel.