Correspondence, Harrington - Moser
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content: McEvoy, Ambrose, 1878-1927
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content: Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894
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content: Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906
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content: Maynard, George W. (George Willoughby), 1843-1923
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content: Moser, James Henry, 1854-1913
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content: Mercer, Edward
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content: Washington, George Corbin, 1789-1854
label: Collection Creator
content: Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
creator: label: Creator
content: McEvoy, Ambrose, 1878-1927
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content: Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894
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content: Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906
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content: Maynard, George W. (George Willoughby), 1843-1923
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content: Moser, James Henry, 1854-1913
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content: The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters
bioghist: label: George Healy
content: Healy was an American academic painter during the 19th century who painted mostly portraits, including a rather well-known one of Abraham Lincoln seated, which hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. He studied in Paris, and worked in Paris, Rome, and Boston. Healy was prolific, painting as many as 50 portraits in a single year, including a series of American presidents, and group pictures depicting congressmen and other famous political figures. The picture depicts Senator Daniel Webster's (MA) reply in Senate to Senator Robert Hayne (SC) in 1830. They debated the issue of states' rights and nullification, and Webster defended a strong national government, famously declaring, "The motto should not be 'Liberty first, and Union afterwards,' but 'Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!'"
label: George C. Washington
content: Hon. George C. Washington was born in Virginia in 1789 and died in Georgetown, D.C. in 1854. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, served in the Maryland legislature, and served several terms representing Montgomery County in Congress.
label: Eastman Johnson
content: Eastman Johnson was an American painter who co-founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Johnson painted many influential Americans of his day, and his style was influenced by the Dutch masters, earning him the title of "The American Rembrandt."He was born in Maine in 1824, but moved to Washington, D.C., where he completed many of his portraits. Johnson lived among Native American tribes and opened a studio in New York.
label: George Willoughby Maynard
content: George Willoughby Maynard was an American painter who started his career by completing murals in Boston's Trinity Church. He later did many murals in the Library of Congress.
label: Ambrose McEvoy
content: Ambrose McEvoy painted figures, landscapes, and portraits in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a founder-member of the National Portrait Society in England, and painted a number of portraits of soldiers and sailors, which are now in the Imperial War Museum.
label: Edward Stanley Mercer
content: Edward Stanley Mercer was an English artist who studied at the Slade School of Art, along with time in Holland, Spain, and Italy. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, and was a member of both the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.
label: Harold Speed
content: In the letter, Ambrose McEvoy mentions that he has "written to Harold Speed," who was an English painter of oil and watercolor landscapes and portraits. Speed (1872-1957) studied art at the Royal Academy Schools and was elected a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Speed exhibited at the Royal Academy.
label: James Henry Moser
content: James Henry Moser was born in Ontario, Canada, who worked as an illustrator and landscape painter in oil and watercolor. In Washington, D.C., he was awarded the first Corcoran Prize by the Washington Watercolor Club. He was an art critic for the Washington Times, Post, and Herald, and did freelance illustrations for Harper's, among other publications. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, the First Lady, purchased one of Moser's pieces, "A Sunny Morning at Salisbury Beach," to hang in the White House living room. He died in 1913 after having suffered a stroke earlier that year.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1848 March 3-1924 February 14
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Correspondence
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content: Correspondence -- 19th century
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content: Correspondence -- 20th century
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content: Letters written and recieved by prominent figures in 19th and 20th century American art. Included in the folder are letters from George P. Healy, Eastman Johnson, George W. Maynard, Ambrose McEvoy, and James Henry Moser.