Winckworth Allan Gay sketchbook
name: label: Creator
content: Gay, Winckworth Allan, 1821-1910
topic: label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- Massachusetts -- Hingham
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The sketchbook was lent for microfilming in 1994 by the Hingham Historical Society, Hingham, Massachusetts and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gay, Winckworth Allan, 1821-1910
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content: Winckworth Allan Gay sketchbook
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Winckworth Allan Gay sketchbook dates from 1846. Gay's sketchbook contains ink sketches of scenes from the Hingham, Massachusetts area. Found are sketches of the Gay family farm, rural life, and Boston city scenes.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Winckworth Allan Gay (1821-1910) was a landscape painter in Hingham, Massachusetts. Gay studied with Robert W. Weir and his works are included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1846
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gaywinca
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel 4909 and was returned to the Hingham Historical Society after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel 4909. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Original returned to the Hingham Historical Society, Hingham, Massachusetts after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Winckworth Allan Gay sketchbook dates from 1846. Gay's sketchbook contains ink sketches of scenes from the Hingham, Massachusetts area. Found are sketches of the Gay family farm, rural life, and Boston city scenes.