John Cranch papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cranch, John, 1807-1891
label: Names
content: Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848
label: Names
content: Greenough, Henry, 1807-1883
label: Names
content: Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Italy
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Journals & sketches lent and photo donated 1985 by John E. Cranch, great-grandson of the artist.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cranch, John, 1807-1891
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portrait painter; Washington, D.C. and Urbana, Ohio.
function: label: Function
content: Artists' studios -- Ohio
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Items ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1831-1892
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cranjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3569 & 3667 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, John E. Cranch, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A journal; watercolor and pencil sketches; and a photograph.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3569: A handwritten copy, ca. 1892, of a journal kept by John Cranch from 1831 to 1833 while studying in Italy. The journal contains descriptions of Italian art, architecture and scenery, an account of Cranch's physical and emotional state of health and his drawing and painting activities, and annotated pencil sketches. Cranch's travelling companions were Thomas Cole and Henry and Horatio Greenough. The journal was hand copied by Cranch's wife, Charlotte. Also included are 6 watercolor and pencil sketches, 1856 and 1886-1887.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3667: One photograph of Cranch in his studio at his daughter's home in Urbana, Ohio, ca. 1885.