James Herring autobiography
name: label: Creator
content: Herring, James, 1794-1867
topic: label: Occupation
content: Engravers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, Mrs. Helen Adams, is the grand-daughter of Caroline Herring and the great-grand-daughter of James Herring.
creator: label: Creator
content: Herring, James, 1794-1867
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portrait painter and engraver; New York City. Born in London, moved to U.S. in 1805. Worked as teacher, distiller, librarian, gallery operator and painter. Died in Paris.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1863
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.herrjame
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2814 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: All photocopies. Originals discarded after microfilming.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in New York Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Herring's handwritten autobiography, March 13, 1863, accompanied by a typescript.