Longacre family papers
name: label: Creator
content: Longacre family
label: Names
content: Bolton, Theodore, b. 1889
label: Names
content: Catlin, George, 1796-1872
label: Names
content: Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886
label: Names
content: Herring, James, 1794-1867
label: Names
content: Longacre, Andrew, 1831-1906
label: Names
content: Longacre, Augusta M.
label: Names
content: Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869
label: Names
content: Longacre, Lydia E. (Lydia Eastwick), 1870-1951
label: Names
content: Neagle, John, 1796-1865
label: Names
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
place: label: Place
content: Egypt -- description and travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Stipple engravers
label: Occupation
content: Miniature painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Engravers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Coin design -- United States
label: Topic
content: Engraving, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting, American
label: Topic
content: Portrait prints, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels P1-P2 lent for microfilming by the Library Company of Philadelphia; Material on reel 986 lent 1975 by Fred Longacre; material on reels 1050 and 1083 lent 1975-1976 by Mrs. Andrew Longacre who also donated the material on reels 1046-1048 in 1982; material on reel 3091 donated 1981 by the NMAA-PG Library.
creator: label: Creator
content: Longacre family
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Artists; Philadelphia and New York. James Barton Longacre was an engraver and portrait painter. Chief engraver at the U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, from 1844-1869. His engravings and portraits illustrate several books including THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS, and BIOGRAPHY OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. His son, Andrew Longacre was an engraver, watercolorist, and Methodist minister. His daughter, Lydia Longacre was a miniature painter, pupil of the Art Students League of New York, under Chase and Mowbray, and under Whistler in Paris.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1810]-1952
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.longlong
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels P1-P2: Originals in the Library Company of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 986: Originals returned to the lender, Mr. Fred Longacre, after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Letters (1922) from Theodore Bolton to Mrs. James M. Longacre, reels 1046-1047: Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Andrew Longacre, after microfilming.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm reels P1-P2: Transcripts and abstracts avaiable in Archives of American Art's Washington, D.C. office.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, biographical and genealogical information, poems, notes, diaries, artwork, sketchbooks, photographs, business papers and printed material relating to the Longacre family, especially James Barton Longacre and Andrew Longacre.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL P1-P2: Correspondence and papers of James Barton Longacre, 1819-1857, mostly concerned with his position as engraver of the U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, and his publication THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS. Letters include correspondence with Asher B. Durand, James Herring, John Neagle, Thomas Sully and George Catlin. Additional material includes diaries, sketches and designs for coinage, a biography, autobiographical notes, and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 986: Five sketchbooks, ca.1861-1894, of Reverend Andrew Longacre. Sketches depict landscapes, interiors, and monogram designs made in the United States, Europe, North Africa and the Near East. In addition there is a memoranda book kept by Longacre, ca. 1890.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1046-1048: Letters, including: correspondence between James and his wife; between James and Andrew during the Civil War; and Lydia Longacre's letters from Europe, 1899-1900; and letters from Theodore Bolton to Mrs. James M. Longacre about including James in his book, EARLY AMERICAN PORTRAIT DRAUGHTSMEN IN CRAYONS. Also included are biographical notes on James; an autobiography of Andrew; poetry and writings by James; accounts of a trip to Egypt by Andrew; financial documents relating to James; artwork; designs for coins and sketchbooks by James, Andrew and Lydia and material relating to an engraving of Charles Carroll by James.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1083 & 1050: Genealogical information on the Stiles and Longacre families; letters from Andrew to his father, James Barton Longacre, and his sister, Sallie, and other family members and friends; a copy of James Barton's 1825 diary; poems and compositions by Andrew; financial and business papers, 1898-1918; 28 photographs depicting portraits of James and Andrew, Lydia E. Longacre and her miniature paintings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3091: Two engravings by James after paintings by Benjamin West and a letter from Augusta M. Longacre to Bolton regarding Bolton's biography of James.