Selected art related papers from the Simon Gratz Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Gratz, Simon
label: Names
content: Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902
label: Names
content: Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916
label: Names
content: Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848
label: Names
content: Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815
label: Names
content: Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824
label: Names
content: Durand, Asher Brown, 1796-1886
label: Names
content: Humphreys, Joshua, 1751-1838
label: Names
content: Otis, Bass, 1784-1861
label: Names
content: Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
label: Names
content: Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939
label: Names
content: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
label: Names
content: Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828
label: Names
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
label: Names
content: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
label: Names
content: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 17th-18th centuries -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 19th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1955 by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
creator: label: Collector
content: Gratz, Simon
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Reels (ca. 500 items (on 3 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1770-1921]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gratsimo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels P21 (fr. 773-813), P22 (entire), and P23 (1-84) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Simon Gratz Collection.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm inventory available at all Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Selected letters, sketches, writings, clippings and printed material collected by Simon Gratz, primarily from the "Painters, sculptors, and engravers" section (ca. 400 items) of the Cultural life, arts and sciences autograph series. Other sections filmed include Benjamin West correspondence; Charles Thomson correspondence; Joshua Humphreys letters; and one or more letters from the following categories: American miscellaneous, European painters and sculptors, Chaplains colonial wars and revolution, Roman Catholic prelates, British Authors, British literary misc., European explorers and antiquaries, American poets, Univ. presidents, American scientists, American authors, American prose, American literary misc., U.S. Senators, and others.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The Painters, sculptors, and engravers section contains ca. 400 items, primarily letters, of prominent eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth century American artists, such as Albert Bierstadt, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Cole, John Singleton Copley, Asher B. Durand, Charles Willson Peale, John Singer Sargent, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, John Trumbull, and others. Many of the letters are addressed to Albert Rosenthal. Also included are sketches, writings, clippings, and printed material pertaining to the artists. The Benjamin West papers, 1877-1819, (reel P23, fr. 1-85) include letters to West, letters from and about West, and cards, a certificate, and engraving of him.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The Charles Thomson papers (reels P21, fr. 800-813 and P22, fr. 1-7) include material relating to craftsmen in New York and Philadelphia, 1784-1787; correspondence with Joseph Delaplaine, 1816-1817, concerning Delaplaine's having a portrait of Thomson painted by Bass Otis; a letter to Thomson from G.P. Norris, Jr., Jan. 26, 1819, referring to Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence; and bills from cabinetmaker Alexander Anderson. The Humphreys' letters are from Charles Willson Peale, Mar. 4, 1795, and William Rush, Apr. 30, 1795.