Hubert von Herkomer papers
odd: label: Other Title
content: Edith Ashford letter (microfilm title)
label: Other Title
content: John Herkomer letters (microfilm title)
name: label: Creator
content: Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849-1914
label: Names
content: Ashford, Edith M.
label: Names
content: Herkomer, John
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The donor, Marcia Goldberg of the Oberlin College Archives, found the material inside a monograph on Hubert von Herkomer. When given to the Archives of American Art, the material was microfilmed as Ashford, John Herkomer and Hubert von Herkomer.
creator: label: Creator
content: Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849-1914
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: British landscape and portrait painter, sculptor and graphic artist. Founded and directed school of art at Bushey, 1883-1904. Assumed title and prefix "von" when raised to noble rank by the Emperor of Germany in 1899. Edith Ashford came from the United States to study with him in England, and then remained there as a landscape painter. John Herkomer lived for approximately 30 years in the United States and returned to Bushey to live with his brother.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Items ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1883-1914
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.herkhube
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2814 and 3134 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Materials concerning Herkomer, his brother John, and his student Edith M. Ashford.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 2814: An undated newspaper clipping concerning "the London exhibition of his pictures;" two letters in German, and their translated typescripts, from John Herkomer to friends in the U.S., 1902, regarding his own family and experiences in the U.S.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reel 3134: A letter, 1883, from Edith Ashford in London to her mother and father. Ashford writes of meeting Hubert von Herkomer and describes his plans for an art school at Bushey. Also included is a typescript of the letter.