Joseph Delaplaine letter: Philadelphia, [P.A.], to Ezra C. Gross
name: label: Creator
content: Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824
label: Names
content: Gross, Ezra Carter, 1787-1829
label: Names
content: King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862
topic: label: Topic
content: Portraits, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor Anna Marie Ettell, according to acquisition information, "has copies of Delaplaine's repository - former staff member." The gift was received through Tina Morelli of the National Portrait Gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Delaplaine (1777-1824) compiled Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters (1815-1818). Ezra C. Gross was a Congressman, ca. 1820; Elizabeth, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Page
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1819 Dec. 21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.delajose
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 4982 (fr. 1373-1376) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A letter from Delaplaine to Ezra C. Gross in the House of Representatives, "soliciting the honour of your portrait" for Delaplaine's "Gallery of portraits." Delaplaine comments on his gallery, suggests [Charles Bird] King as a possible portraitist, and offers to pay half of King's fee.