Mary Cassatt correspondence with Emily Sartain
name: label: Creator
content: Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926
label: Names
content: Sartain, Emily, 1841-1927
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- France -- Paris
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- France -- Paris
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1985, by the PAFA as part of the AAA's documentation project. The source of the letters is unknown, although it is probable that they came through the estate of Harriet Sartain.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Philadelphia, Pa. and Europe. Emily Sartain was the daughter of John Sartain. She studied both with her father and Christian Schussele at the Pennsylvania Academy. She won several awards at the Academy and taught at the Philadelphia School of Art and Design.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Items ((on 1 partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1872-1874]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cassmces
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3658 (frames 1011-1055) available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan; at the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Fourteen letters from Cassatt to Emily Sartain and one letter from Sartain to Cassatt, discussing a trip the two were to take to Europe, as well as some mention by Cassatt of her artistic development in Spain and Italy. Dates on the correspondence are by an unknown hand and are questionable.