Gilbert Davis Munger memorial catalog
name: label: Creator
content: Munger, Gilbert, 1836-1903
topic: label: Occupation
content: Engravers -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The catalog was lent for microfilming in 1980 by the Tweed Museum of Art and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Munger, Gilbert, 1836-1903
setName: label: See more items in
content: Gilbert Davis Munger memorial catalog
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Gilbert Davis Munger memorial catalog dates from 1904. The catalog includes reproductions of Munger's landscapes as well as biographical notes and anecdotes on his career and life. It was "compiled by a friend, assisted by his relatives, and from reliable art critics both in America and Europe..."
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gilbert Davis Munger (1836-1903) was a landscape painter and engraver in Washington, D.C., and the American West. Munger worked early in his career as an engraver for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Later he painted many scenes of Niagara Falls, Venice, and the French Barbizon country. He lived for many years in Paris before returning to the U.S. in 1893.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1904
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.munggilb
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel 1821 and was returned to the Tweed Museum of Art after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel 1821. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Original in Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Gilbert Davis Munger memorial catalog dates from 1904. The catalog includes reproductions of Munger's landscapes as well as biographical notes and anecdotes on his career and life. It was "compiled by a friend, assisted by his relatives, and from reliable art critics both in America and Europe..."