Horatio Greenough sketchbook and drawings
name: label: Creator
content: Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852
label: Names
content: Wright, Nathalia
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilm was donated by Nathalia Wright, a professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who collected this material in preparation for her books, HORATIO GREENOUGH, THE FIRST AMERICAN SCULPTOR (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1963) and THE LETTERS OF HORATIO GREENOUGH (Madison: Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1972). Ms. Wright sold the collection to a private collector, circa 1987. The group has since been added to the collection of Mr. and Mrs. John F. McGuigan Jr.
creator: label: Creator
content: Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; Florence, Italy. First of the American neoclassical sculptors, Greenough was born into a well-to-do family, grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1825. In that year, he went to Rome to pursue classical studies, until illness forced his return to America in 1827. The following year, he returned to Italy and established a studio in Florence. In 1832, Greenough received a commission from Congress to execute a colossal GEORGE WASHINGTON, the first major sculptural commission given to an American. Although he worked in Florence, the majority of his patrons were Americans.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 140 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1823-1851
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.greehora
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4375 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. John F. McGuigan Jr
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Inventory of film's contents, prepared by donor Nathalia Wright, is available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Greenough's sketchbook from his studies in Rome (1826) and 139 drawings (1823 - ca. 1851) by Greenough from the Petit Sully Collection.