John Banvard papers
name: label: Creator
content: Banvard, John, 1815-1891
label: Names
content: Green, Jesse C.
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1963 by the Carnegie Book Shop.
creator: label: Creator
content: Banvard, John, 1815-1891
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Panorama, landscape, and portrait painter. Born and raised in New York City; painted Ohio and Mississippi rivers; lived in Louisville, Kentucky, and Watertown, South Dakota; first chromo made in America was taken from one of his paintings ("The Orison"); died on May 17, 1891.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1888
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.banvjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2786 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Autobiographical letter (and accompanying typescript) written from Watertown, [South] Dakota, to Dr. Jesse C. Green, Nov. 12, 1888, in which Banvard boasts of his achievements, notably that the first chromo made in America was taken from one of his paintings ("The Orison"). In addition, a newspaper clipping touches upon his career.