Frederick Stuart Church letters and art work
name: label: Creator
content: Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924
label: Names
content: Klots, Emma Louise
label: Names
content: Mitchell, Laura
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Etchers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Animal painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women art patrons
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art in 1990 by Thomas Rothwell, whose mother was Emma Louise Klots's niece.
creator: label: Creator
content: Church, Frederick S. (Frederick Stuart), 1842-1924
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content: Frederick Stuart Church letters and art work
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Frederick Stuart Church letters and art work date from circa 1892-circa 1923 and measure 0.5 linear feet. The collection includes illustrated letters, all but three of which are written to Emma Louise Klots, regarding Church's daily activities and his paintings, as well as artwork by Church including etchings and reproductions of Church's paintings, some of which are printed as photogravures.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Frederick Stuart Church (1842-1924) was a painter, etcher, and illustrator in New York, New York, who specialized in animals. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Church studied in New York City at the National Academy of Design and joined the Art Students League. By the 1870s he had a reputation as a gifted illustrator and worked for many magazines including various Harper's publications. He was most well known for his depictions of animals, and his paintings were purchased by leading art collectors of the day, including Charles Lang Freer, Henry Clay Frick, and Potter Palmer. Emma Louise Klots was a patron of Church.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1892-circa 1923
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.churfred
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as two series:

Series 1: Letters, circa 1892-circa 1923 (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 2: Artwork and Reproductions, circa 1892-circa 1923 (Box 2; 0.3 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid written by Stephanie Ashley in 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Inventory in collection file.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Frederick Stuart Church letters and art work date from circa 1892-circa 1923 and measure 0.5 linear feet. The collection includes illustrated letters, all but three of which are written to Emma Louise Klots, regarding Church's daily activities and his paintings, as well as artwork by Church including etchings and reproductions of Church's paintings, some of which are printed as photogravures.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Frederick Stuart Church collection, circa 1885-1905, a small collection of letters from Church to various people.