Hart family photographs and clipping
name: label: Creator
content: Hart family
label: Names
content: Hart, James McDougal, 1828-1901
label: Names
content: Hart, Letitia Bonnet, b. 1867
label: Names
content: Hart, Marie Theresa Gorsuch, 1829-1921
label: Names
content: Hart, Mary Theresa, b. 1872
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Albany
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1988 by Edward B. Sackett. Mrs. Seth C. Beach of Saginaw, Michigan, Sackett's great-grandmother, was a cousin of James McDougal Hart's aunt, Mrs. Robert J.S. Page of Flint, Michigan. Through these connections, the families were friendly. Sackett's grandfather visited the McDougals in Brooklyn and, over the years, photographs were exchanged.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hart family
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content: Hart family photographs and clipping
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Hart family photographs and clipping measure 0.02 linear feet and date from 1865-circa 1890s. The collection includes cartes-de-visite and cabinet photographs depicting James McDougal Hart (1865), Hart's wife Marie Theresa Hart, their daughters, Letitia and Marie Theresa, and a painting, as well as an undated clipping "A Woman Who Paints Women" from Metropolitan Magazine, concerning the work of Letitia and her sister Mary Theresa.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James McDougal Hart, the younger brother of painter William Hart, worked as an apprentice to a coach and sign painter in Albany before he went abroad to study in Munich and Dusseldorf under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and others. He opened a studio in New York in 1857 and the following year was elected an associate of the National Academy. In 1859 he became an academician. He married amateur painter Marie Theresa Gorsuch in 1866, and their children Robert Gorsuch, Mary Theresa, and Letitia also became artists. Hart is associated with the Hudson River School, specializing in painting landscapes with cows and oxen.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.01 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1865-circa 1890s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.harthart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed upon receipt on reel 4283. The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Stephanie Ashley, and the collection was digitized in 2023.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection was digitized in 2023 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Hart family photographs and clipping measure 0.02 linear feet and date from 1865-circa 1890s. The collection includes cartes-de-visite and cabinet photographs depicting James McDougal Hart (1865), Hart's wife Marie Theresa Hart, their daughters, Letitia and Marie Theresa, and a painting, as well as an undated clipping "A Woman Who Paints Women" from Metropolitan Magazine, concerning the work of Letitia and her sister Mary Theresa.