John Frederick Kensett papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872
label: Names
content: Ciarrocchi, Ray, 1933-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- United States
label: Topic
content: Landscape painting -- 19th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Materials on reels N68/84-N68/85 and N738 lent for microfilming 1968 by James R. Kellogg grand-nephew of Kensett. Materials on reel N737 lent 1968 by Kennedy Galleries of New York which obtained some of Kensett's estate papers. Materials on reels 1533-1534 lent 1979 by New York State Library.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Landscape painter; b. Cheshire, Conn.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Reels (ca. 2,020 items (on 6 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1806-1896
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kensjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels N68/84-N68/85, N737, N738, and 1533-1534 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lenders after microfilming.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: A finding aid to correspondents on microfilm reels N68/84-N68/85 found on microfilm reel N68/84, frames 3-43. A finding aid to correspondence on microfilm reels 1533-1534 at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, register of paintings sold, financial material, photographs, a diary, biographical information, a sketchbook, and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS N68/84-N68/85: Correspondence, mostly with family members and with many of Kensett's letters describing life, artists, and patrons while working in Europe; an annual register of paintings sold; miscellaneous bills, cancelled checks, and personal legal papers; and photographs of Kensett, his studio, members of his family and the 1864 Metropolitan Fair art exhibition.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N738: A diary kept by Kensett while in Naples, Rome, and London, 1847.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N737: Documents, obituary notices, clippings, and lists of paintings in Kensett's estate, 1873.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1533-1534: Correspondence with Thomas Gold Appleton, Eugene Benson, John William Casilear, Benjamin Champney, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Daniel Huntington, the Kellogg family, George and J. R. Lambdin, Thomas P. Rossiter, William T. Walters, and others; notes and financial papers regarding the Metropolitan Fair of the U.S. Sanitary Commission; passports; sketchbooks; and social invitations.