Thomas Crawford papers
name: label: Creator
content: Crawford, Thomas, 1813 or 14-1857
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Italy
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Expatriate artists -- Italy
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Purchased 1985 by the Archives of American Art from Cesi Kellinger.
creator: label: Creator
content: Crawford, Thomas, 1813 or 14-1857
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; Rome, Italy.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1841-1856
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.crawthop
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3667 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Four letters, 1841-1856, including a letter to lawyer Charles Sumner from George Washington Greene, the American Consul in Rome, enclosing a contract signed by Crawford for his statue of ORPHEUS, March 31, 1841; a letter to Greene from Crawford in Paris, September 4, 1845, concerning his travels and his Roman studio; a letter to Sumner from Crawford, May 13, 1849, thanking him for the warm welcome and mentioning his plans for an "artistic expedition" to Philadelphia; a letter to William F. Richie from Crawford in Newport, August 1, 1856, regarding the shipment of his equestrian monument of George Washington from Amsterdam to Richmond, Virginia. Also included is a handwritten copy of a poem, "Crawford's Equestrian Statue of Washington," by John R. Thompson.