Charles C. Perkins papers
name: label: Creator
content: Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886
place: label: Place
content: Spain -- History -- 19th century
label: Place
content: Italy -- description and travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics
label: Occupation
content: Etchers
label: Occupation
content: Painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Papers on reel 268 were received from heirs along with papers of Elizabeth Ward Perkins and Samuel Gray Ward. (Perkins was Elizabeth Ward Perkins' father-in-law.) The sketchbook on reel was lent for filming in 1991 by Diana Korzenik, who purchased it from a flea market in Nashua, New Hampshire and was told that it came from a Massachusetts house.
creator: label: Creator
content: Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, etcher, author, art and music critic; Boston, Mass. Perkins studied art in Rome and Paris and promoted art education for the masses. He organized the Boston Art Club and served as president, 1869-1879; was a founder and honorary director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and was instrumental in instituting an art curriculum for Massachusetts and the city of Boston. Perkins was the author of ITALIAN SCULPTORS and TUSCAN SCULPTORS, both illustrated by his own drawings.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 64 Items ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1844-1868
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.perkchar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 268 and 4677 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Sketchbook, reel 4677: Original returned to lender, Diana Korzenik, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Sketches, watercolors, sketchbook, a photograph and an illustrated journal.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 268: 58 pencil and pen and ink studies of sculpture in Italy; 3 watercolors; a photograph of Perkins; and a 27 page journal kept while in Spain, July 2-l8, 1854. Perkins writes mainly about the countryside, museums, the Alhambra, architecture, and military movements due to the insurrection in Madrid. The journal is illustrated with 6 drawings.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4677: A sketchbook, April-June, 1844, of travel in Italy, containing 20 pencil drawings of architecture, landscapes, and portraits of local people.