Papers relating to the sale of George Whitney's art collection
name: label: Creator
content: Whitney, George, d. 1885
label: Names
content: Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905
label: Names
content: Whitney, George, d. 1885
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Marine painters
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Marine painting -- 19th century -- Rhode Island -- Newport
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The album, catalog and clippings were initially lent for microfilming by Elizabeth H. Friedman, a descendent of Whitney, in 1979. She subsequently donated these materials in 1980. The sketches and painting on reel 1409 were lent for microfilming anonymously.
creator: label: Creator
content: Whitney, George, d. 1885
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: George Whitney (d. 1885) was a collector; Philadelphia, Pa., and Richards a marine and landscape painter, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania (b. 1833, d. 1905).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((7 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.whitgeor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1497 & 2029 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 1497: Originals returned to the lenders after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection contains an album, "The Whitney collection", with 42 carbon prints of paintings in Whitney's collection as well as news clippings relating to the sale of the collection (some items are loose), and a folder with additional clippings on the sale (1885), an article from the Philadelphia Inquirer on William Trost Richards (1973), and a catalogue, "The works of Mr. Wm. T. Richards in the collection of American and foreign paintings to be sold on the account of the late Mr. George Whitney of Philadelphia, on exhibition at the Galleries of the American Art Association." These materials are microfilmed on reel 2029.
label: Scope and Contents
content: In 1979, an anonymous lender lent papers for microfilming (reel 1497), including 112 watercolor sketches and an oil painting, 1875-1889, received by George Whitney in the 1870s and 1880s from William Trost Richards. The artworks mainly depict Rhode Island (primarily Conanicut Island) and England. Most sketches are annotated on the verso with the subject matter and the date they were received by Whitney.