The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

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)