Abbott Handerson Thayer letter and drawings to Caroline Peddle Ball
name: label: Creator
content: Ball, Caroline Peddle, 1869-1938
label: Creator
content: Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1998 by Michael Deas. The original items were owned by Mrs. Ball.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ball, Caroline Peddle, 1869-1938
label: Creator
content: Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Thayer, a painter, hired Mrs. Ball to construct manikins for his figure studies in his 1893 painting, The Virgin.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1890-1893]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ballcaro
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A letter from Abbott H. Thayer to "Miss Peddle", unsigned, and two pencil sketches by Thayer of his painting "A Virgin." In a handwritten note accompanying the items, Ball explains: "Here is a letter with sketches by Abbott Thayer. It refers to some little figures I modeled as manikins to use for drapery for his famous painting 'A Virgin.'"