Inventory to the Samuel Murray and Thomas Eakins papers at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
name: label: Creator
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
label: Names
content: Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916
label: Names
content: Murray, Samuel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Inventory copied for the Archives 1974 and discarded after microfilming. The actual collection includes over 100 letters to Murray; 4 Eakins letters regarding his commission to paint Robert Ogden's portrait; Eakins exhibition catalogs and miscellany; photographs by Eakins, of Eakins, of Murray, of their painting and sculpture, of their studio, and of others; and sketches, clippings, letters, and miscellany.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Eakins and Murray were Philadelphia artists and close friends. Eakins, a painter, sculptor, and photographer, founded the Art Students League of Philadelphia, where Murray (1870-1941), a sculptor, studied.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 78 Pages ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
label: Date
content: [ca. 1974]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hirsmuse
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3161 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Item is a photocopy.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Inventory briefly describes the Murray-Eakins collection held by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.