Robert C. Graham collection of artists' letters
name: label: Creator
content: Graham, Robert Claverhouse, 1913-1994
label: Names
content: Doughty, Thomas, 1793-1856
label: Names
content: Healy, G.P.A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894
label: Names
content: Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906
label: Names
content: Inman, Henry, 1801-1846
label: Names
content: Leutze, Emanuel, 1816-1868
label: Names
content: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
label: Names
content: Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860
label: Names
content: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
label: Names
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
label: Names
content: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843
label: Names
content: West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Artists' writings
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1961 by Robert C. Graham.
creator: label: Creator
content: Graham, Robert Claverhouse, 1913-1994
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content: Robert C. Graham collection of artists' letters
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Robert C. Graham collection of artists' letters measure 0.2 linear feet and dates from 1783 to 1935, with the bulk of the letters dating from 1804 to 1877. Graham, an art dealer and collector, compiled the unrelated letters of several late eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century painters such as Thomas Biddle, Thomas Doughty, G. P. A. Healy, Daniel Huntington, Henry Inman, Emanuel Leutze, Samuel F. B. Morse, Rembrandt Peale, John Singer Sargent, Thomas Sully, John Trumbull, Benjamin West, and others.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Robert Claverhouse Graham (1913-1994) was the director of the Graham Gallery in New York City. He and his brother James were fourth generation owners of the gallery which specialized in nineteenth- and twentieth-century American art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1783-1935
label: Date
content: bulk 1804-1877
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grahrobe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Letters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Folders are arranged alphabetically by the author of the letter. Multiple letters within folders are arranged chronologically.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The Archives microfilmed the collection on reels D23, D294 and 1236, mostly upon receipt in 1961. The collection was fully processed by Erin Corley in 2006 and digitized in 2007 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
altformavail: label: Alternative Forms Available
content: The Robert Claverhouse Graham collection of artists' letters in the Archives of American Art were digitized in 2007, and total 100 images.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Letters
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The Robert C. Graham collection of artists' letters measure 0.2 linear feet dates from 1783 to 1935, with the bulk of the letters dating from 1804 to 1877. Graham, an art dealer and collector, compiled the unrelated letters of several late eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century painters such as Thomas Doughty, G. P. A. Healy, Daniel Huntington, Henry Inman, Emanuel Leutze, Samuel F. B. Morse, Rembrandt Peale, John Singer Sargent, Thomas Sully, John Trumbull, Benjamin West, and others.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Material
content: Related material found in the Archives includes the recording and transcript of a 1976 interview of Robert Claverhouse Graham conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. The Archives also holds numerous collections of papers related to or created by the artists who wrote these letters.