The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont
5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur,
Delaware 19735
Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Daily, Miss
Title: Photo album of artists and art works
Dates: 1869-1871
Call No.: Doc. 536
Acc. No.: 67x137
Quantity: 1 volume
Location: 31 D 4
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Nothing is known about Miss Daily. She traveled in Italy 1869-1871.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
Photograph and autograph album of American and
European sculptors, painters, writers, and musicians, and their work. Not all the art work in the photographs is
identified, and there is one unidentified photo of a man. Poems, music,and an original ink sketch are
also found. Most of the signatures are
of Americans, but other nationalities are also represented. Most of the people identified themselves as
being in Rome or Milan, but one woman, an actress, was in Providence, Rhode
Island. A poem and some of the
signatures were directed to Miss Daily, whose identity is unknown.
LANGUAGE OF
MATERIALS
The materials are in English and Italian.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from N. David Scotti.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Artists -
Autographs.
Artists -
Photographs.
Sculpture -
Photographs.
Actresses –
Autographs.
Authors –
Autographs.
Musicians –
Autographs.
Music – 19th
century – Manuscripts.
Paintings –
Photographs.
Italy – Poetry.
Autographs.
Albums.
Photographic
prints.
Poems.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 31 D
4
Artists who
appear in the volume:
Ball,
Thomas – signature, photo of him, photo of sculpture
Benzoni,
Giovanni Maria - signature, photo of sculpture
Burleigh,
Celia – signature, sentence
Burleigh,
Geo. S. [George Shepard] – signature, poem
Chapman, Jno. G.
[John Gadsby] – signature, photos of 3 paintings on same page are probably
works by him
Chapman, J.
Linton [John Linton] – signature, photo of painting
Colby,
Madison - signature, photo of him, photo of sculpture
Connelly,
P. F. [Pierce Francis] - signature, photo of him, photo of sculpture
Cushman,
Charlotte – signature [actress]
Freeman,
J. E. [James Edward, a painter] - signature
Jackson,
J. A. [John Adams] - signature, photo of him, photo of sculpture
Hart,
J. T. [Joel Tanner] - signature, photo
of him, photo of sculpture
Heller,
Stephen - signature
Hosmer,
Harriet - photo of sculpture (not labeled)
illegible
signature on note to “Dear Tom”
Inman, Jno. O’B
[John O’Brien] – signature (forwards and backwards), photo of him, sketch by
him
Kaulbach,
W. [Wilhelm von] - signature, photo of him
Leopoldo
[rest of inscription in Italian and difficult to read] – photo of scultpure
Montalant,
H.(?) de - signature, photo of him
Mozier,
J. [Joseph] - signature, photo of sculpture
Phillipps,
Adelaide – signature [actress]
Powers,
Hiram – signature, photo of him, photo of sculpture
Rafietii[?],
Antonio - signature, photo of sculpture
Read,
T. Buchanan [Thomas Buchanan) – signature, line from poem
Rinehart,
Wm. H. [William Henry] - signature, photo of sculpture
Rogers,
Randolph - signature, photo of sculpture
Rothermel, P. F.
[Peter Frederick] – 2 signatures (in 2 different places), photo of him, photo
of painting
Sangiovanni,
Antonio – signature, photo of him, line of music
Schwanthaler,
Rd. [Rudolph] - signature
unknown
man – photo
Whitman,
Sarah Helen – signature [writer]
Zoni,
Giulio Cesare – signature, poem in Italian [writer]
Artwork which
appears in the volume:
[note: many of
the pieces are not named, but are briefly described below]
“Abraham Lincoln and Freedom” [Emancipation
Proclamation] (Thomas Ball)
boy, seated, in Greek costume – not labeled
boy with stick(?) – not labeled
boy with torch (Antonio Rafietti[?])
classical Roman
scene - painting [perhaps Christians waiting to be thrown to lions] (P.F.
Rothermel)
“Culprit Fay” (J.A. Jackson)
“Eve” (G.M.
Benzoni)
“Evening” (Madison Colby)
female figure, semi-draped, with inscription in
Italian
“Greek Slave” (Hiram Powers)
“In delight or in disaster” – poem (Geo. S.
Burleigh)
“Jesus” – not labeled
poem in Italian by Guilio Cesare Zoni
“Puck” (Harriet Hosmer; not labeled)
“The Rose Bud” (J.T. Hart)
“Ruth Gleaning” (Randolph Rogers)
“Sheridan’s Ride” – line from poem by T. Buchanan
Read
“Sleeping Children” (Wm. H. Rinehart)
“Springtime” (J. Mozier)
“Via Appia” (J. Linton Chapman, painting)
“Viola (Twelfth Night)” (P.F. Connelly)
young Italian woman, with bundle of sticks
(painting, probably by J. G. Chapman)
young Italian woman at well (painting, probably by
J. G. Chapman)
young man with dog (painting, probably by J. G.
Chapman)