Deborah Goldsmith commonplace books
name: label: Creator
content: Goldsmith, Deborah, 1808-1836
label: Names
content: Cole, Olive Smith
label: Names
content: Throop, George Addison, 1810-1849
label: Names
content: Throop, James A., b. 1835
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Miniature painters -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The albums were passed down through the Throop family to Mrs. Olive Cole Smith, the granddaughter of Deborah Goldsmith Throop and George Addison Throop. She, in turn, gave them to her son Dan Throop Smith (the great-grandson of Deborah Goldsmith Throop), who loaned them to the Archives of American Art for microfilming.  The books were returned to the donor after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Goldsmith, Deborah, 1808-1836
setName: label: See more items in
content: Deborah Goldsmith commonplace books
abstract: label: Summary
content: Two commonplace books kept by Deborah Goldsmith date from 1826 to 1933 with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1826 to 1832. The commonplace books or albums were created by Goldsmith prior to her marriage to George Addison Throop and contain drawings, poems, verses, passages written by Goldsmith, and by her friends, and some later annotations by descendants.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Deborah Goldsmith (1808-1836) was an itinerant portrait and miniature painter in oils from New York state. After her 1832 marriage to George Addison Throop (1810-1849), of the artistic Throop family of central New York, she stopped her painting career. The name Goldsmith appears on the artist's professional work.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1826-1933
label: Date
content: bulk 1826-1832
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.golddebo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels 1295 and 1620 and was returned to Dan Throop Smith after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel 1295 and 1620. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website. Some of the images are of poor quality due to the original microfilming process.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender, Professor Dan Throop Smith, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two commonplace books kept by Deborah Goldsmith date from 1826 to 1933 with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1826 to 1832. The commonplace books or albums were created by Goldsmith prior to her marriage to George Addison Throop and contain drawings, poems, verses, passages written by Goldsmith, and by her friends, and some later annotations and genealogical notes by descendants including Olive Cole Smith and James A. Throop.