Robert Blum illustrated letters
name: label: Creator
content: Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, illustrator, muralist; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [between 1875 and 1900?]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blumrobe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D8 (frames 340-348) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Three letters, all illustrated: one to Minnie; another to Virginia, apparently Minnie's sister; and an unaddressed letter, probably to Virginia, from Venice. Blum writes of various personal matters, and refers twice to "Chase," saying "He must be quite unbearable since Whistler painted his portrait.