William Edward West papers
name: label: Creator
content: West, William Edward, 1788-1857
label: Names
content: Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
label: Names
content: Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne, 1793-1835
label: Names
content: Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- England
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting -- 19th century -- England
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1983 by Gertrude M. Meissner, a descendent of West.
creator: label: Creator
content: West, William Edward, 1788-1857
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portrait and figure painter; London, England and New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1818-1961]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.westwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3094 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, writings, business records, and printed materials.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Genealogical and biographical data; correspondence (and transcripts) with Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, members of the Astor family, Elizabeth Caton, Felicia Hemans, Washington Irving, Aaron Vail, Mary Caton Patterson Wellesley, West's sister Jane Woods, and others; letters to West's neice Aduella Price Bryant and to Laura Simpson, requesting biographical and genealogical information on West, and research notes by Bryant on West's correspondents; West's account of his visit with Lord Byron in 1822; and a yearbook belonging to Felicia Hemans.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Lists compiled in 1929 and 1961 of West's paintings and portraits; excerpts from William L. Stone's book HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY and biographies of West's contemporaries in England; clippings on West's portraits, his genealogy, and the history of Nashville, Tenn.; and miscellany.