William Morris Hunt letters and photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879
label: Names
content: Claflin, William
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting -- Massachusetts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donor of the photos on reel 64 unknown. The catalogs are actually from the Macbeth Gallery records, and may have been microfilmed with them. Letter on reel 2814, fr. 773-777 donated 1981 by Letitia Howe; and reel 3697 transferred from the National Museum of American Art, 1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Morris Hunt (1824-1879) was a painter and instructor from Boston, Mass. Hunt drowned in the Isle of Shoals, N.H., possibly a suicide.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Items ((on 3 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca.1873-1898]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.huntwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 64, 2814, and 3697 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two letters, 6 photographs; and 2 catalogs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 64: 6 photographs of his paintings, priced catalog used for a sale of his paintings (1880), and an auction catalog (1898).
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2814: Portion of an undated letter to an unknown person from Hunt. He quotes from an article "Peintre Vivants" in the REVUE DE PARIS.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3697: A letter to William Claflin, August 21, 1873, regarding Hunt's PORTRAIT OF AGNES ELIZABETH CLAFLIN (William Claflin's daughter). Hunt offers to show Claflin the "best way of turning the picture for the proper light." Also included is a receipt for three thousand dollars for the portrait.