Frank Lemon papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lemon, Frank, 1867-1943
label: Names
content: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
label: Names
content: Morgan, J. Pierpont, 1837-1913 (John Pierpont)
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Frank Lemon papers were donated by Lemon's daughter, Ella Lemon Ramhorst.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lemon, Frank, 1867-1943
setName: label: See more items in
content: Frank Lemon papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of sculptor Frank Lemon measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1890 to 1943. The collection includes biographical material, letters, photographs, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Frank Lemon (1867-1943) was a sculptor born in Washington, D.C. where he studied drawing at the Corcoran School of Art and worked in the Architect's office in the Treasury Department. Traveling to New York in 1891, he worked for Philip Martiny, and from 1892 to 1893 was sent to Chicago to work on sculptures for the Agricultural Building at the Columbian Exposition. During this time he also assisted Daniel Chester French. Lemon's first exhibition was at the National Sculpture Society and in 1900, the sculpture "Sea Breeze" was exhibited at the Architectural League and purchased by J. P. Morgan the elder. Lemon later moved to the Seattle, Washington, area where his work was confined primarily to architectural ornament.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1890-1943
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lemofran
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed for microfilming shortly after donation. A finding aid was created by Caroline Donadio in 2018.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35 mm microfilm reel 4306 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of sculptor Frank Lemon measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1890 to 1943. The collection includes biographical material, letters, photographs, and printed material.

Biographical material includes Lemon's 1943 obituary. Letters consists of one letter written by Lemon to his wife Nellie describing his activities in the Washington, D.C., area and the exhibition of his sculpture "Marguerite", and two letters signed by J. Pierpont Morgan, one of which was written by Morgan's business secretary concerning Lemon's statue "Sea Breeze". Photographs contain a picture of Lemon (ca. 1890) and his works of art including "Sea Breeze". Printed material includes four clippings about Lemon's work at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago and his sculptures "Sea Breeze" and "Nemesis".