Augusta Barker papers
name: label: Creator
content: Barker, Augusta, 1803-1887
label: Names
content: Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860
label: Names
content: Washington, George, 1732-1799
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for the Archives of American Art, 1955.
creator: label: Creator
content: Barker, Augusta, 1803-1887
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Augusta Barker (1803-1887) was one of portraitist Rembrandt Peale's (1778-1860) daughters.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (3 items on 2 frames of microfilm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1875-1887
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.barkaugu
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel P24 (fr. 4-5) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Society Collection.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilmed Augusta Barker papers contain a letter from Augusta Barker to Mr. Cope (1875 June 28) about an original portrait of George Washington painted by her father, Rembrandt Peale, with a postscript added by Emily C. Jacobs, who purchased the painting. Also included are a biography of Augusta Barker; and an "In Memoriam" typescript of Barker's obituary (1887 July 8, Northampton, Massachusetts).
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art holds the Rembrandt and Harriet Peale collection, circa 1820-1932. Also found at the Archives of American Art are the microfilmed selected Peale family papers, 1803-1854 and the microfilmed printed material relating to Rembrandt Peale, 1830-1862. 

The American Philosophical Society holds the Rembrandt Peale papers, 1705-1898 and the Peale family papers, 1803-1854. New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts Division holds the Rembrandt Peale letters, 1835-1857.