Albert Rosenthal papers
name: label: Creator
content: Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939
label: Names
content: Rodin Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Title
content: Peters, Harry Twyford, 1881-1948.. America on stone
label: Names
content: Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904
label: Names
content: Diederich, William Hunt, 1884-1953
label: Names
content: Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886
label: Names
content: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
label: Names
content: Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918
label: Names
content: Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944
label: Names
content: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935
label: Names
content: Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828
label: Names
content: Palmer, Alexander Mitchell, 1872-1936
label: Names
content: Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918
label: Names
content: Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
label: Names
content: Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
label: Names
content: Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828
label: Names
content: Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
label: Names
content: Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
label: Names
content: Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits
label: Names
content: Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919
topic: label: Occupation
content: Etchers
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting, American
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting -- United States
label: Topic
content: Judges -- United States -- Portraits
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Albert Duveen, 1959. Duveen collected American artists' and art related papers with the intention of forming an American artists reference facility. He purchased at least some of Rosenthal's papers and much correspondence from the Albert Rosenthal Estate, and subsequently gave them to AAA upon its formation.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Albert Rosenthal (1863-1939) was a portrait painter, printmaker, writer, and collector in Philadelphia, Pa. Rosenthal was a student of his father, engraver Max Rosenthal, and later published a book about him. He is also known for his portraits of Supreme Court Justices, and his collection of American drawings, which he donated to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1927.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1860-1940
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rosealbp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D34-D37 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, printed material, and photographs relating to Rosenthal's work, primarily as a portrait painter and collector of American art and artists' papers. Some material pertains to Rosenthal's father, the engraver Max Rosenthal.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Included are: biographical notes and articles by and about Rosenthal and his father, Max; writings by Albert about his father; and reproductions of Albert's work.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Rosenthal's research material on early American art consists of articles on artists, notes about portrait painters, typescript copies of letters of or about early American artists, among them Rembrandt Peale, G.P.A. Healy, and John Rampage, several original letters, including 5 from John Quincy Adams Ward to various people, and one from Ben Silliman to Asher B. Durand, and an engraved copy of a letter from Ben Franklin to Mr. Strahan, July 5, 1775.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Other material includes files on Rosenthal's portraits of French officers who served in the American Revolution; Gilbert Stuart's (George) Washington portraits, 1922-1923; the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia (includes correspondence with Jules Mastbaum, the founder of the museum, and others, 1925-1932); Jean Antoine Houdon's busts of Washington and Lafayette, 1925-1932; Harry T. Peters' book "America on Stone", 1931; and on "Rosen-Thal," Albert's home that was originally the Huffinagle mansion in Buck's County, Pa.
label: Scope and Contents
content: There is voluminous business and other correspondence, 1860-1940, relating to Max, Louis, and Albert Rosenthal's work and to Albert's portraits of Supreme Court Justices. Among the diverse group of correspondents are: Samuel Putnam Avery, William Hunt Diederich, Charles Henry Hart, Sakakichi Hartmann, Oliver Wendell Holmes, A. Mitchell Palmer, Alfred Stieglitz, William Howard Taft, and J. Alden Weir.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs are of Rosenthal's work and of unidentified portraits possibly by Rosenthal; reproductions of European paintings, miniatures, sculptures; and miscellaneous portraits by various artists.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Unmicrofilmed material (0.4 feet) consists of miscellaneous photographs and reproductions.