Biographical Material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Peto, John Frederick, 1854-1907
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content: John Frederick Peto and Peto family papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 1, OV 5; 9 folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1870s-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.petojohn, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Items are arranged in chronological order.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series contains biographical material documenting John Frederick Peto's life and career as an artist. Included are the certificate for his marriage to Christine Pearl Smith, two of his business cards, and written agreements with his daughter Helen giving her a clock and his cornet. Also found are items about his death in 1907, including his obituary, a lock of his hair "taken as he lay in his casket in his studio," and a memorial poem written by Samuel Callan. Helen Peto Smiley's notes on her father's artwork includes lists of artwork and prices, and miscellaneous items. Other writings include a brief essay on trompe-l'oeil painting in the United States, draft exhibition captions for Peto's artwork, and a brief biography of Peto written for an exhibition. Also found are a few items belonging to John Frederick Peto's father, Thomas Hope Peto, including business cards, and a ticket to the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 which includes his photograph.