Miscellaneous papers relating to Clyde Harold Wortham
name: label: Collector
content: Wallace, David H.
label: Names
content: Wortham, Clyde Harold
topic: label: Occupation
content: Conservators -- Spain -- Madrid
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Spain -- Madrid
label: Topic
content: Art -- Conservation and restoration
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2007 by David H. Wallace who purcahsed the documents at an antique shop.
creator: label: Collector
content: Wallace, David H.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Wortham: Painter and conservator, Madrid, Spain; b. 1910; d. 1978. Wortham was an American artist working in Madrid, Spain.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.walldavi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Miscellaneous photographs and letters concerning painter and conservator, Clyde Harold Wortham and Hazel and Donald Detwiler who purchased a painting restored by Wortham. Photographs are of Wortham's work in progress on the restoration of a circa 15th century painting of Madonna and Child (unknown artist) restored for the Detwilers who purchased the work in Spain. Letters include a Christmas card from the Detwilers (recipient unknown) regarding the restoration, including photographs of the painting; a letter from "Bill" to the Detwilers regarding Wortham; two pages of a letter (photocopy) from Archibald Detwiler to his sister-in-law Hazel Detwiler regarding Wortham [August 13, 1957]; and a photocopy of a certificate of award from the Order of Isabel the Catholic to Clyde Harold Wortham, April 8, 1976.