Ramon Paez letters from Frederic Edwin Church
name: label: Creator
content: Páez, Ramón
label: Creator
content: Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1967 by Mrs. Hugh Mullan, the granddaughter of Ramon Paez.
creator: label: Creator
content: Páez, Ramón
label: Creator
content: Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ramon Paez is a geographer, writer, and porcelain painter from New York, N.Y. Paez was apparently involved in some artistry himself. In one of Church's letters to Paez, he asks if he may buy one of Paez's works.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1862-1900
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.paezramo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3470 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two letters, Sept. 2 and Sept. 4, 1862, discuss an unnamed artist's sketch for an engraving which Paez has sent to Church for correction. Two letters, Sept. 11 and Oct. 12, 1866, discuss Church's progress on a Paez commission to paint Cotopaxi volcano. In the fifth letter, Dec. 3, 1877, Church asks Paez to do a sketch for him and encloses a check.