The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur
Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Hart, Charles Henry (1847-1918)
Title: Papers
Dates: 1860-1949
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 02x84; 08x120; 10x74
Quantity: 14 boxes
Location: 17 K 2-3
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Charles Henry Hart was a noted art expert of the
late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in
Hart was a noted author, penning a number of books
and articles about art and history. He
served as a director for the
Charles Hart was married three times. His first wife was Armine Nixon, the daughter
of John Nixon and a great-granddaughter of Robert Morris, a signer of the
Declaration of Independence. She died in
1897. He married Marianne Livingstone
Phillips of
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
The collection reflects Charles Harts interest in
art, his efforts at expertising, and his attempts to uncover fraudulent
attributions. The first series of the
collection consists of letters written to Charles Henry Hart about several
silhouette artists, together with notes and articles about a number of
different American artists. The
articles, at least, were collected by someone other than Hart as they all
postdate his death. The notes were
either made by Theodore Bolton or were taken from works by him. The silhouette artists in whom Hart was
interested were William H. Brown, Augustin Edouart, and William James
Hubard. Hart corresponded with family
members and friends in order to learn more information about the men. A letter from John Sartain concerned work he
had done for Hubard. The collection
includes some reproductions and photographs of silhouettes, but no originals. It is not known who put this first series of
the collection together.
The chief contents of the second series of the
collection are letters from Thomas B. Clarke to Hart, mostly about American art,
from 1907-1918. (Clarke was a
The third series, like the first series, includes
materials which post-date Harts death (and even a few which post-date Thomas
B. Clarkes death). The focus of the
third series is on artists, primarily American, but including Jean-Antoine
Houdon and Sir Joshua Reynolds. These
files include a great deal of information about the works of Gilbert
Stuart. Some of the files are arranged
by subjects of portraits (for example, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin) rather
than by artist. As well, this series
includes portrait prints, photos of portraits, and pictures clipped from
magazines. Also found as part of this
series is additional correspondence of Charles Hart and Thomas B. Clarke, including
correspondence with
ORGANIZATION
The papers are in three series, divided by accession
number. Because the papers came from such different
sources, it was decided not to merge like materials from the different series.
Series I: Accession 02x84: The
correspondence of Charles Henry Hart is followed by reproductions of
silhouettes, and then by information about other artists, filed alphabetically
by artists last name.
Series II: Accession 08x1120:
The correspondence of Thomas B. Clarke with Hart is followed by other
correspondence, materials relating to Harts widow, and a bill dated 1827
addressed to Mr. Nixon, probably an ancestor of the first Mrs. Hart. The Clarke correspondence is arranged
chronologically.
Series III: Accession 10x74:
These papers are arranged by first by material about artists, then subjects of
portraits, then prints, followed by correspondence, and publications.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English and French.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Accession 02x84: gift of Kevin Mullen.
Accession 08x120: purchased from Charles Apfelbaum.
Accession 10x74: gift of Metropolitan Museum of
Art. According to a note sent to a Met
employee, these papers were originally given to the Frick Art Reference
Library, which eventually returned them to Charles H. Hart, Jr. At some point, they may have been in the
possession of Thomas B. Clarke, since the group includes letters to Clarke and
there are materials which postdate Harts death.
RELATED
MATERIALS
The Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian
Institution holds additional materials related the Charles Henry Hart.
Books by Charles Henry Hart are in the Printed Books
and Periodicals section of the Winterthur Library.
See also
See also Mantle Fielding Papers (
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Brown, William Henry, 1808-1883.
Clarke, Thomas B.
(Thomas Benedict), 1848-1931.
Edouart,
Augustin-Amant-Constant-Fidθle, 1789-1861.
Hart, Anita Beatriz Arade.
Hart, Charles Henry, b.ca.1908.
Hubard, William James, 1807-1862.
Sartain, John, 1808-1897.
Fielding, Mantle, 1865-1941.
Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828.
Park, Lawrence, 1873-1924.
Stuart, Gilbert,
1755-1828.
Topics:
Silhouettes
Artists
Patriotism in art.
Child artists.
Amateur artists.
Inventories
World War, 1914-1918 Art and the war.
Art Expertising.
Portraits, American.
Collectors and collecting United States.
Letters.
Lawyers.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 17 K
2-3
Series I:
Accession 02x84
Folder 1: Correspondence with Charles Henry Hart,
about silhouette artist William H. Brown, 1897 (acc. 02x84)
Folder 2: Correspondence with Charles Henry Hart,
about silhouette artist Augustine Edouart, 1897 (acc. 02x84)
Folder 3: Correspondence with Charles Henry Hart,
about silhouette artist William James Hubard, 1897 (acc. 02x84)
Folder 4: Correspondence with Charles Henry Hart,
about Winner portrait, 1885 (acc. 02x84)
Folder 5: Silhouettes: photograph and extract of
letter from John J. Hawkins to Charles Willson Peale, 1803 (acc. 02x84)
Folder 6: Silhouettes, photo of (acc. 02x84)
Folder 7: Silhouettes: photo of ad and photo of
Method of Taking Profiles (acc. 02x84)
Folder 8: Silhouettes: photo of, labeled Grotham,
1825 (acc. 02x84)
Folder 9: Silhouettes: reproductions (acc. 02x84)
Folder 10: Frothingham, James, Gift of Miniature
[by him] in Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute
of Arts, vol. 27, no. 19 (May 7, 1938) (acc. 02x84)
Folder 11: A portrait by Chester Harding, in Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of
Arts, vol. 22, no. 5 (February 4, 1933) (acc. 02x84)
Folder 12: John Wesley Jarvis, by J. W. Harrington,
from American Magazine of Art, vol.
18, no. 11 (November 1927) (acc. 02x84)
Folder 13: Malbone, American Miniature Painter, by
J. L. Brockway from American Magazine of
Art, vol. 20, no. 4 (April 1929) (acc. 02x84)
Folder 14: Neagle, John: chronology and catalog of
portraits, by Theodore Bolton (acc. 02x84)
Folder 15: Engravings by Charles Willson Peale, by
H. W. Sellers, reprint from Pennsylvania
Magazine of History and Biography, April 1933 (acc. 02x84)
Folder 16: Peale, James: notes and article about him
and early American miniatures and silver (acc. 02x84)
Folder 17: Peale, Rembrandt: catalog of portraits,
to be verified (acc. 02x84)
Folder 18: Pelham, Peter: notes on, by T. Bolton
(acc. 02x84)
Folder 19: Smibert, John: article about his portrait
of Captain and Mrs. Johannes Schuyler, by William Sawitzky (New-York Historical Society Quarterly
Bulletin, vol. 18, no. 2 [July 1934]) (acc. 02x84)
Folder 20: Stuart, Gilbert: article on portraits by
him (Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
vol. 30, no. 18 [May 3, 1941]) (acc. 02x84)
Folder 21: Stuart, Gilbert: article on portrait of
General Matthew Clarkson (Bulletin of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 33, no. 6 [June 1938]) (acc. 02x84)
Folder 22: Theus, Jeremiah: article about his
portrait of Elizabeth Rothmahler (Mrs. Paul Trapier) (Brooklyn Museum Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 2 [April 1924]) (acc.
02x84)
Folder 23: Trott, Benjamin: notes about (acc. 02x84)
Folder 24: John Wollastons Portraits of Brandt and
Margareta Van Wyck Schuyler, by John Hill Morgan (acc. 02x84)
Folder 25: Wollaston, John, the younger: notes
gathered by Theodore Bolton (acc. 02x84)
Folder 26: The
Folder 27: The Hudson River School of Painters, by
Theodore Bolton, published in the Annual Report and Year Book for 1927 of the
Constitution Island Association (acc. 02x84)
Folder 28: The Hudson River School of Painters, by
Theodore Bolton [typescript] (acc. 02x84)
Folder 29: Miniature painting (acc. 02x84)
Folder 30:
Folder 31: A Register of Artists, Booksellers,
Printers and Publishers in
Folder 32: The Thomas B. Clarke Collection of Early
American Portraits, by Cuthbert Lee (The
American Magazine of Art, vol. 19, no. 6 [June 1928]) (acc. 02x84)
Folder 33: Some Portraits from
Series II: accession 08x120
Folder 34: Letters, Thomas B. Clarke to Charles Henry
Hart, 1907 (acc. 08x120)
Folder 35: Letters, Thomas B. Clarke to Charles
Henry Hart, 1908-1909 (acc. 08x120)
Folder 1: Letters, Thomas B. Clarke to Charles
Henry Hart, 1910-1912 (acc. 08x120)
Folder 2: Letters, Thomas B. Clarke to Charles
Henry Hart, 1913-1914 (acc. 08x120)
Folder 3: Letters, Thomas B. Clarke to Charles
Henry Hart, 1915, 1917 (acc. 08x120)
Folder 4: Other letters to Hart, 1910-1913
(08x120)
Folder 5: Letters to Anita Arade Hart [includes
one letter about art] (08x120)
Folder 6: Letter to Hart about child support
(08x120)
Folder 7: Letters from Charles Henry Hart, Jr.,
to his father, no date, 1915-1916 (08x120)
Folder 8: Letters from Charles Henry Hart, Jr.,
to his father, 1917-1918 (08x120)
Folder 1: Financial documents, 1899, 1911-1918
(08x120)
Folder 2: Poems; other writings; recipes for
cosmetics, no date (08x120)
Folder 3: American Womans Association, 1923
(08x120)
Folder 4: missing mail tracer;
Folder 5: storage and warehouse receipts and
bills, 1921-1923 (08x120)
Folder 6: Household inventories and other lists
of belongings, 1921, no date (08x120)
Folder 7: Insurance papers, 1918-1919 (08x120)
Folder 8: Account, Henry Nixon with Harvey Lewis,
1827 (08x120)
Series III: accession 10x74
Folder 1:
Folder 2: Atwood,
Jesse (1801-1870)
Folder 3: Benbridge,
Henry (1744-1822) Portraits by
Folder 4: Birch,
William Russell
Folder 5:
Folder 6:
Folder 7: Boyle,
Ferdinand Thomas Lee (1820-1906) Portraits by
Folder 8: Butterworth,
James (1817-1894) Paintings by
Folder 9: Caffieri,
Phillipe (1714-1774) Sculptures by
Folder 10: Copley,
John Singleton (1738-1815) Portraits by
Folder 11: Dunlap,
William (1766-1839) Portraits by
Folder 12: Durand,
Asher Brown (1796-1886) Portraits by
Folder 13: Duveneck,
Frank (1848-1919) Portraits by
Folder 14: Duyckinck,
Evert (c.1620-c.1700) Portraits by
Folder 15: Earl,
Ralph (1751-1801) Portraits by
Folder 16: Eicholtz,
Jacob, 1776-1842 Portraits by
Folder 17:
Folder 18: Field,
Robert (1769-1819) Portraits by
Folder 19: Graff,
Anton (1736-1813) Portraits by
Folder 20: Harding,
Folder 21: Harrison,
Charles P. (1783-1854) Portraits by
Folder 22: Hesselius,
Gustavus (1682-1755) Portraits by
Folder 23: Hine,
Charles (1827-1871) Portraits by
Folder 24: Houdon, Jean-Antoine (1741-1828)
Sculptures by (continues in next box; see also legal size file)
Folder 1: Houdon, Jean-Antoine (1741-1828)
Sculptures by (continued from previous box; see also legal size file)
Folder 2: Hubbard, William James (1807-1862)
Portraits by
Folder 3: Hyneman,
Henry, 1849-1907 Portraits by
Folder 4: Inman,
Henry (1801-1846) Portraits by
Folder 5:
Folder 6: Jarvis,
John Wesley (1780-1840) Portraits by
Folder 7: Jouett,
Matthew Harris (1788-1827) Portraits by
Folder 8: Lambdin,
George Cochran (1830-1896) Portraits by
Folder 9: Moreland,
George (1763-1804) Portraits by
Folder 10: Neagle,
John (1796-1865) Portraits by
Folder 11: Otis,
Bass (1784-1861) Portraits by
Folder 12:
Folder 13: Peale,
Charles Willson (1741-1827) Portraits by
Folder 14: Peale,
Charles Willson (1741-1827) Portraits of George Washington
Folder 15: Peale,
James (1749-1831) Portraits by
Folder 16: Peale,
R. Portraits by
Folder 17: Pelham,
Peter (1695-1751) Portraits by
Folder 18: Polk,
Charles Peale, 1767-1822 Portraits by
Folder 19: Pratt,
Henry (1745-1832)
Folder 20: Pratt,
Matthew (1734-1805) Portraits by
Folder 21: Quidor,
John (1801-1888) Paintings by
Folder 22: Read,
Thomas Buchanan (1822-1872) Portraits by
Folder 23: Reynolds,
Sir Joshua (1723-1792) Portraits by
Folder 24: Robertson,
Archibald photos of portraits by him
Folder 25: Rodin,
Auguste (1840-1917) Sculptures by
Folder 26: Romney,
George (1734-1802) Portraits by
Folder 27: Savage,
Edward (1761-1817) Portraits by
Folder 28: Sharples,
James, 1751-1811 Portraits by
Folder 29: Smibert,
John, 1688-1751 Portraits by
Folder 30: Stuart,
Gilbert (1755-1828) portraits by (continues in next box)
Folders 1-3: Stuart,
Gilbert (1755-1828) portraits by (continued from previous box)
Folders 4-5: Stuart,
Gilbert (1755-1828) portraits of
Folders 1-4: Stuart, Gilbert (1755-1828) portraits of
Folder 5: Stuart,
Gilbert (1755-1828) photos and prints of portraits, not
Folder 6: Stuart,
Gilbert (1755-1828) family genealogy
Folder 1: Stuart,
Jane (1812-1888) Portraits by
Folder 2: Sully,
Thomas (1783-1872) Portraits by
Folder 3: Theus,
Jeremiah (1719-1774) Portraits by
Folder 4: Trumbull,
John (1756-1843) Portraits by
Folder 5: Twitchell,
A. W. (1820-1904) Portraits by
Folder 6: Vanderlyn,
Pieter (1687-1778) Portraits by
Folder 7: Verplanck,
Gulian (1786-1870)
Folder 8: Waldo,
Samuel (1783-1861) Portraits by
Folder 9: Wolf,
Henry (1852-1915) Engravings by
Folder 10: Wollaston,
John (1710-1775) Portraits by
Folder 11: Wright,
James H. (1813-1883) Portraits by
Folder 12: Wright,
Joseph (1734-1797) Portraits by
Folder 6: Artists: legal size files
Folder 1: Cogswell,
William (1819-1903) Portraits by
Folder 2: Dunlap,
William (1766-1839) Portraits by
Folder 3: Elliott,
Charles Loring (1812-1868) Portraits by
Folder 4: Feke,
Robert (1707-1752) Portraits by
Folder 5: Hicks,
Thomas (1823-1890) Portraits by
Folder 6: Houdon,
Jean-Antoine (1741-1828) (see also
Folder 7: Marseglias,
Gerlando Portraits by
Folder 8: Morse,
Samuel F.B. Portraits by
Folder 9: Peale,
Rembrandt (1778-1860) Portraits by
Folder 10: Smith,
J. G. Mezzotints after Gilbert Stuart
Folders 11-12: Stuart,
Gilbert, 1755-1828 Portraits By
Folder 13: Thompson,
Cephas G., 1809-1888 Portraits by
Folder 14: Vanderlyn,
John, 1775-1852 Portraits by
Folder 15: West,
Benjamin, 1738-1820 Portraits by
Folder 1: Adams,
John (1735-1826) Portraits of
Folder 2: Calvert
family - Portraits
Folder 3: Elliott,
Charles Loring (1812-1868) Portraits of
Folder 4: Fuller,
George Portraits of
Folder 5: Fulton,
Robert (1765-1815) Portraits of
Folder 6: Gibbs,
George (Colonel, 1776-1833) Portraits of
Folder 7: Gilmor,
Robert, 1748-1822 Portraits of
Folder 8: Hamilton,
Alexander (1757-1804) Portraits of
Folder 9:
Folder 10: Lee,
Richard Henry (1732-1794) Portraits of
Folder 11: Lincoln,
Abraham (1809-1865) Portraits of
Folder 12: Moira,
Earl of (1720-1793) Portraits of
Folder 13: Morris,
Robert (1734-1806) portraits of
Folder 14: Morris
family - Portraits (Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley)
Folder 15: Recamier,
Jeanne (Madame Recamier, 1777-1849) Portraits of
Folder 16: Stiles,
Dr. Ezra Portraits of
Folder 17: Van Renssalaer, Stepehen portraits of,
with correspondence about Rembrandt Peale portrait
Folder 18: Vaughan,
Samuel Portraits of
Folder 19: Washington,
George, 1732-1799 Portraits of (see also legal size file in
Folder 20: Washington,
Martha, 1731-1802 Portraits of
Folder 21: Webster,
Daniel, 1782-1852 Portraits of
Folder 22: Woodbury,
Levi, 1789-1851 Portraits of
Folder 1: Franklin,
Benjamin (1706-1790) Portraits of
Folder 2: Washington,
George, 1732-1799 Portraits of (see also
Folders 3-5: Prints
and photos of portraits
Folder 6: Prints:
buildings, medals, maps
Folder 7: Prints
and photos: miscellaneous (not portraits)
Folder 8: Pictures
from magazines
Folder 1: miscellaneous articles, chiefly about
art and artists
Folder 2: miscellaneous articles, chiefly not
about art and artists
Folder 3: Clarke, Thomas B.: collection of
paintings, inventory
Folder 4: The Clubhouse, The Club,
Folder 5: Cochran
Collection: inventory of portraits
Folder 6: Painting
Restoration,
Folders 1-2: Letters to Charles Henry Hart, 1860-1918,
from a variety of correspondents; includes one letter from Hart (1870), and a
letter from John Sartain
Folder 3: Avery,
S. P. letters to Hart, 1896-1917, n.d.
Folder 4: Bayley,
Frank W. Correspondence, to Hart, 1915-1917
Folder 5: Brevoort,
J. C. letters to Hart and Brevoort, 1863-1870
Folder 6: Clarke, Thomas B. letters to him,
including letters from Hart, 1893-1928, and no date
Folder 7: Clarke, Thomas B. letters to C. H.
Hart, 1905, 1910
Folder 8: Eyre, Wilson Correspondence, letters
to Hart, 1912
Folder 9: Fielding,
Mantle Correspondence, letters to Clarke, 1923-1924
Folder 10: Forcillon
(Monsieur) correspondence with Hart, 1907-1911
Folder 11: Harris, Charles X. Correspondence,
letters to and from Harris, 1914-1924 (includes a note from Hart)
Folder 12: Mason,
Geo.(?) C. Correspondence with Hart, 1878-1880
Folder 13: Park,
Lawrence Correspondence with Hart, 1914-1917
Folder 14: Park,
Lawrence Correspondence with Clarke, 1922-1923
Folder 15: Prebel,
George Henry correspondence with Hart, 1868-1873
Correspondence:
Folder 1: Sage, Cornelia (and others)
Correspondence, with Hart, about portraits of
Folder 2: Sedgwick,
G. Stanley Correspondence with Clarke, 1919
Folder 3: Seip,
M. S. Correspondence with Hart Portrait of John Hart, 1913
Folder 4:
Folder 5: White,
Thomas (Colonel) printed letters to his descendants
Folder 6: miscellaneous
correspondence, not addressed to or written by Hart or Clarke
Publications
and Photos:
Folder 7: The American Magazine of Art, January
1929 (v. 20, no. 1)
Folder 8: Catalogs:
exhibition and auction
Folder 9: Hart,
Charles Henry: publications written by him
Folder 10: Historical
society publications
Folder 11: miscellaneous
publications
Folder 12: Museum
publications
Folder 13: Portrait
exhibit: unknown date and location (photos)
Folder 14: fragments
of manuscripts