Henry Inman letter to James McMurtrie
odd: label: General
content: Letter is tipped onto a sheet which has a clipping pasted on with a short biography of Inman.
name: label: Creator
content: Inman, Henry, 1801-1846
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Purchased 1956 through the Steele purchase.
creator: label: Creator
content: Inman, Henry, 1801-1846
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, portrait painter; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1841 June 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.inmahejm
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Item has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Inman writes from New York to McMurtrie in Philadelphia. He discusses the pricing for one of his works (which he refers to as "the retouched Bishop"), and mentions a full-length portrait of Benjamin West.