Edward A. Newnam papers
name: label: Creator
content: Newnam, Edward A.
label: Names
content: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
label: Names
content: Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916
label: Names
content: Hewitt, W. K. (William Keesey), 1817-1893
label: Names
content: Inman, Henry, 1801-1846
label: Names
content: Linton, Frank Benton Ashley, 1871-1943
label: Names
content: Meyers, Samuel
label: Names
content: Penington, Edward, 1766-1834
label: Names
content: Rourke, Constance, 1885-1941
label: Names
content: Rubicam, Jonathan
label: Names
content: Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1994 by Edward A. Newnam.
creator: label: Creator
content: Newnam, Edward A.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art dealer and portrait painter; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.newnedwa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 5129 (fr. 1376-1399) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters to Newnam written in response to queries regarding portraits Newnam is painting or selling. Included are letters, 1937, from Victor Morris Tyler, Morris Tyler, and Constance Rourke regarding a Henry Inman portrait of John J. Audubon which Newnam wishes to copy; from Mildred Steinbach,1952, Asst. Librarian at the Frick Art Reference Library regarding portraits by Thomas Eakins of Frank Linton and Samuel Meyers; from Hannah J. Howell, 1952-3, Librarian at the Frick Art Reference Library regarding photographs of Gilbert Stuart's portraits of Edward Penington and Mrs. Penington; from Raymond Rubicam, 1955, regarding his purchase of a portrait by William K. Hewitt of his great uncle Jonathan Rubicam; also included is a photograph of the portrait; from Howell, 1957, thanking Newnam for a photo of a painting by Gustavus Hesselius; letters and a photograph regarding a portrait of Baroness Brudenell, 1966 and 1970; and a letter from Marguerite Coolbaugh, 1978, regarding a photograph of Abraham Lincoln.