William Rickarby Miller diary and writings
name: label: Creator
content: Miller, William Rickarby, 1818-1893
topic: label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Painting, American -- New York (State) -- New York -- Technique
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent 1974 by the New York Historical Society.
creator: label: Creator
content: Miller, William Rickarby, 1818-1893
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Landscape painter; New York, N.Y. Born in England.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 450 Pages ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1850-1884
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.millwilr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 801 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: New York Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A diary in which Miller writes of personal affairs, daily activities, his work and friends; a notebook, "Hints and Recipes pertaining to Painting in Oil and Water Colors and the General Practice of Art"; manuscripts of the following writings: "My Rules and Plans of Life," "Fruit from the Tree of Life," "On Poetic Beauty in Nature"; "A Cunning Little Gypsy," "The Basket Maker of Bloomingdale," and "The Hunter's Song, or Life in the Woods."