James Wells Champney collection
odd: label: Other Title
content: Art Research of Cambridge papers (microfilm title)
name: label: Creator
content: Champney, James Wells, 1843-1903
label: Names
content: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Names
content: Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Figure drawing
label: Topic
content: Portrait drawing -- 19th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Scrapbook on reel 266 purchased by AAA from the Corcoran Gallery of Art 1959. Reels 121-122 were lent for microfilming 1971 by the Forbes Library, Northhampton, Mass. Sketchbook on reel 3766 lent for microfilming 1986 by Art Research of Cambridge, a firm specializing in consulting and research on 18th and 19th century American painting. The firm's owners, George Haich and Nicholas Kimer, purchased the sketchbook at auction.
creator: label: Creator
content: Champney, James Wells, 1843-1903
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter and illustrator; New York, N.Y. Born in Boston, Mass. Genre painter of rural scences and country home life. Studied with Edouard Frere and at the Antwerp Academy, 1868. Exhibited at the Paris Salon, 1869.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet (ca. 1000 items (on 4 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1802-1904
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chamjame
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 121-122, 266, and 3766 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 121-122: Originals in Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 3766: Original in: Art Research of Cambridge, Cambridge, Mass.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; diaries; lists of paintings, bills, and receipts; sketchbook and sketches; clippings; tintype photograph; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 266: Pages from a scrapbook containing 14 sketches by Champney, clippings from a Lady's Home Companion, a tintype photograph of Champney and fellow painter Francis Davis Millet, and printed regulations for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also in the Archives is microfilm of Champney papers held in other repositories, including correspondence; diaries, 1861, 1865, 1866; lists of paintings, bills, and receipts (reels 121-122); and a sketchbook containing primarily figure studies and portraits in black and blue pencil and pen and ink (reel 3766). Some sketches are notated, several are dated, and one is signed "Champ" - therefore attributing the work to Champney who signed his early work in this manner. [Microfilm title: Art Research of Cambridge papers]