Artwork
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910
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content: Worthington Whittredge papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 2, 5, OV 6-9; 0.6 linear feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1840s-1902
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.whitwort, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: This series has been scanned in its entirety. Sketchbooks are arranged in chronological order. Loose drawings and paintings are are arranged by subject matter.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Six sketchbooks and loose drawings and painting studies by Worthington Whittredge primarily document scenes from his travels in the American mid-west and west, Europe, and Mexico. An 1849 sketchbook documents his trip down the Rhine River to Düsseldorf, Germany, and includes pencil and ink sketches of the Rhine River valley, such as panoramic landscapes, architectural ruins, vegetation, and people. The 1857-1861 sketchbook contains sketches done while in Rome, including landscapes and figure sketches. The 1874-1897 sketchbook includes sketches and watercolors documenting his travels in Mexico in the late 1890s. Three additional sketchbooks include sketches of landscapes, figures, vegetation, and animals. Some of the sketches contain annotations such as the date and location. 

 Loose drawings and paintings include numerous landscape drawings by Whittredge, drawn from nature during his travels in Germany, Switzerland, and Rome in the 1850s, as well as his travels throughout the Midwest and New England during the 1860s and 1870s. Most of the drawings are not labeled or dated. There are several watercolor sketches of landscapes, three large drawings of the Lagio Maggiore, a lake in Italy, and several drawings and paintings of people, including Roman peasants. Also found here are sketches of trees and miscellaneous drawings of animals and other objects. Additionally, there are two pencil drawings, one watercolor, and one print of artwork by Wilhelm Camphausen, a Düsseldorf painter of historical scenes.