William Valentine Schevill papers
name: label: Creator
content: Schevill, William Valentine, 1864-1951
label: Names
content: Schevill, Ferdinand, 1868-1954 -- Portraits
label: Names
content: Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Germany -- Munich
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1996 by Barbara Lawrence (Mrs. William E.) Schevill, daughter-in-law of William V. Schevill and in 1998 by Peter Lawrence, a grandson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Schevill, William Valentine, 1864-1951
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portrait painter; Cincinnati, Oh., St. Louis, Mo., New York, N.Y., and Munich, Germany. The original spelling of the family name was Schwill. Among Schevill's important sitters are Prince Henry of Prussia, Schevill's brother, the historian Ferdinand Schevill, and President William Howard Taft.
function: label: Function
content: Artists' studios -- Germany
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1880-1935]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schewill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence; art work, consisting of sketches (including a pencil sketch of Ferdinand Schevill), sketchbooks, drawings, and oil sketches on board; lists of works kept by his wife, Elizabeth Meier Schevill; exhibition announcements; clippings; photographs of Schevill, his family, his work, and his studio/living quarters in Munich, Germany; reference photographs; and printed material. Included in the correspondence is a note from President Taft and a telegram from Princess Irene of Prussia.