Charles Sidney Raleigh papers
name: label: Creator
content: Raleigh, Charles S. (Charles Sidney), 1830-1925
topic: label: Occupation
content: Marine painters -- Massachusetts -- Bourne
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated 1972-1973 by Vesta Braley, whose relationship to Charles Raleigh is unclear.
creator: label: Creator
content: Raleigh, Charles S. (Charles Sidney), 1830-1925
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content: Charles Sidney Raleigh papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of marine painter Charles Sidney Raleigh date from 1969-circa 1972 and measure 0.2 linear feet. The collection provides scattered documentation of Raleigh's career through biographical notes, notes on Raleigh's artwork, two news clippings related to Raleigh's artwork, a photo of the artist and photographs of his artwork labeled with titles, dates, provenance and other information, and a photocopy of one of Raleigh's sketchbooks. Since all items except the photographs and clippings are photocopies, dates for the collection are assumed based on the date of the donation of the papers.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: English marine painter Charles Sidney Raleigh (1831-1925) was active in Massachusetts and known primarily for his paintings of whaling ships. 

Raleigh was born in Gloucester, England, and ran away to sea at the age of 10. He served as a merchant seaman from around 1841-1870 and arrived in Manome, Massachusetts, where he married Amelia Eva Stevens, in 1871. For a time Raleigh worked for New Bedford house painter William H. Caswell and advertised himself as a "house, sign, ornamental, and carriage painter," painting carriages and church interiors. He relocated to Bourne, Massachusetts in 1881 where he lived until his death. A self-taught artist, Raleigh painted more than six hundred images of whaling vessels over the course of his lifetime and was accomplished enough to receive commissions to design the official seals of the city of Bourne and the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

In addition to whaling ships, Raleigh painted animals, still lifes and the occasional portrait.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-circa 1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ralechar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 3891 at Archives of American Art offices. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of marine painter Charles Sidney Raleigh date from 1969-circa 1972 and measure 0.2 linear feet. The collection provides scattered documentation of Raleigh's career through biographical notes, notes on Raleigh's artwork, two news clippings related to Raleigh's artwork, a photo of the artist and photographs of his artwork labeled with titles, dates, provenance and other information, and a photocopy of one of Raleigh's sketchbooks. Since all items except the photographs and clippings are photocopies, dates for the collection are assumed based on the date of the donation of the papers.