Huntington family papers
name: label: Creator
content: Huntington family (New York, N. Y.)
label: Names
content: Huntington, Benjamin, 1777-1850
label: Names
content: Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906
label: Names
content: Huntington, Faith, 1782-1838
label: Names
content: Huntington, Gurdon, 1818-1875
label: Names
content: Huntington, J. V. (Jedediah Vincent), 1815-1862
label: Names
content: Inman, Henry, 1801-1846
label: Names
content: Ver Bryck, Cornelius, 1813-1844
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Italian influences
label: Topic
content: Painting -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1993 by Channing M. Huntington II, whose great grandfather was Daniel Huntington's brother, Gurdon.
creator: label: Creator
content: Huntington family (New York, N. Y.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Daniel Huntington (1816-1906) was a portrait painter from New York. His father, Benjamin, married Faith Trumbull in 1812, daughter of Revolutionary War general Jedediah Huntington (1743-1818). Daniel Huntington spent a year at Yale before entering Hamilton College in New York where he met Charles Loring Elliot who encouraged him to paint. Upon graduation in 1836, he returned home to New York City where he studied under Samuel F.B. Morse and Henry Inman. Beginning in 1839, he made several extended journeys to Europe, spending three years in Rome just after his marriage in 1842 to Harriet Sophia Richards, and seven years in London from 1851-1858.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1792-1901
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.huntfami
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4857 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 342 letters, 1792-1901, chiefly addressed to Benjamin and Faith Huntington, including frequent correspondence with Faith's siblings Ann Channing Richards, Daniel Huntington, Elizabeth Moore Huntington and Harriet Smith DeWitt. Included are ca. 35 letters, ca. 1840s, from Daniel mainly to his father, his brothers Gurdon and Jedediah Vincent, his brother-in-law Cornelius Ver Bryck, written from London, Florence, Rome and New York, describing his travels throughout Italy, his New York studio and the visitors there, and discussing his current portrait and allegorical work, including his proposal to complete Henry Inman's work for the Rotunda left incomplete at his death in 1846. Letters from the 1870s-1890s are addressed to his nephew Channing.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are an 11 p. draft of an article about Daniel Huntington; excerpts from the Book of Revelation on "Future Life and Rewards"; a poem "To Charlotte"; calling cards; a photograph of Daniel Huntington; household accounts possibly of Faith Huntington; stocks and bonds; a mortgage; and two deeds. Total microfilmed: 1 linear ft.