Jefferson David Chalfant papers
name: label: Creator
content: Chalfant, Jefferson David, 1856-1931
label: Creator
content: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
label: Creator
content: Society of American Artists
label: Creator
content: American Art Association (Society)
label: Creator
content: Craig and Evans (Firm)
label: Creator
content: National Academy of Design (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Ainslie, George H.
label: Names
content: Folsom, George C.
label: Names
content: Morris, Lawrence Johnson, 1870-1949
label: Names
content: Robbins, Richard
label: Names
content: Sullivan, H. Wood
topic: label: Occupation
content: Inventors
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1976 by Mrs. Margaret E. Chalfant.
creator: label: Creator
content: Chalfant, Jefferson David, 1856-1931
label: Creator
content: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
label: Creator
content: Society of American Artists
label: Creator
content: American Art Association (Society)
label: Creator
content: Craig and Evans (Firm)
label: Creator
content: National Academy of Design (U.S.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portrait painter, inventor; Wilmington, Delaware. An extremely meticulous painter; his facsimile of a one dollar note was so perfectly rendered, it was confiscated by the U.S. government.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.7 Items (linear feet (on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1885-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chaljeff
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2426-2427 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence with Chalfant's agent, H. Wood Sullivan, also George H. Sullivan, American Art Association and its successor Society of American Artists, Craig and Evans, George C. Folsom, Lawrence J. Morris, National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Richard Robbins, and others; William D. Davis's research material on Chalfant; correspondence regarding Chalfant's portrait of Nicholas Van Dyke, Jr.; writings, drawings, specifications , and printed material relaitng to Chalfant's type justifying machine and other patents; financial material; exhibition catalogs, 1887-1890; photographs of Chalfant, his wife, and art works; and miscellany.