The Winterthur Library

 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:          Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts                                    

Title:               Records of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts [microform]

Dates:             1805-1955

Call No.:         Mic. 764-809

Acc. No.:         [none; trex 9125-9171]

Quantity:        46 microfilm reels

Location:        microfilm cabinet

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is an art academy and museum, founded in 1805 in Philadelphia, Pa.  Exhibitions and classes began in 1811.  Notable academy instructors and students have included Thomas Eakins, Cecilia Beaux, William Merritt Chase, Violet Oakley, Henry O. Tanner, Rembrandt Peale, and Thomas Sully.  An art school was held in Chester Springs, Pa., from 1917 to 1952.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Records from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, including minutes of board meetings, scrapbooks (containing mostly newspaper and magazine clippings), exhibition catalogs, catalogs of the permanent collection, correspondence, some financial records, student registers, auction catalogs, biographical files on American artists, etc.  Also filmed was PAFA’s J. R. Lambdin collection of pamphlets on the fine arts, particularly relating to American art institutions.  Also found is a collection of engraved portraits done by John Sartain.  These materials were originally filmed for the Archives of American Art in 1955.

           

 

ORGANIZATION

 

There is no particular organization to the materials.  The Archives of American Art microfilm reel numbers are 38-83.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply; contact PAFA for information about their materials.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Originals in Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

People:

            Sartain, John, 1808-1897.

 

Topics:

            Art - Exhibitions - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Art museums - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

            Art schools - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

            Artists, American.

            Artists - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: microfilm cabinet

 

 

Mic. 764         Pamphlets on fine art, from the J. R. Lambdin collection

 

Few of the materials on this reel pertain to PAFA.  Many of them relate to other art institutions, such as the National Academy of Design, to organizations in Philadelphia, such as the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, or to art topics. 

 

A complete list of the items is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 765         Pamphlets on fine art, from the J. R. Lambdin collection (continued)

 

Few of the materials on this reel pertain to PAFA.  Many of them relate to other art institutions, such as the National Academy of Design, to organizations in Philadelphia, such as the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, or to art topics. 

 

A complete list of the items is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 766         Pamphlets on fine art, from the J. R. Lambdin collection (continued)

 

Few of the materials on this reel pertain to PAFA.  Many of them relate to other art institutions, such as the National Academy of Design, to organizations in Philadelphia, such as the American Academy of Music, or to art topics. 

 

A complete list of the items is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 767         Pamphlets on fine art, from the J. R. Lambdin collection (continued); and

PAFA materials, including exhibition catalogs, 1811-1858

 

Frames 1-273 contain items from the Lambdin collection, a few of which pertain to PAFA.  The other items relate to other art institutions, such as the National Academy of Design, or are auction catalogs. 

 

The remainder of the reel contains materials related to PAFA, including catalogs of its annual exhibitions, 1811 (1st) -1858 (35th).  (PAFA did not have an exhibit every year.)  Other materials include announcements of exhibits and lectures, the constitution of the Society of Artists of the United States, etc. 

 

A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 768         PAFA catalogs of annual exhibitions, 1859-1898 (no. 36-67).

Also a catalog of an exhibit of British art, held 1858, and some other miscellaneous items.

 

A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 769         PAFA catalogs of annual exhibitions, 1899-1906 (no. 68-73, 100th and 101st anniversary exhibits).

 

Also catalogs of other exhibits held at PAFA, and descriptive catalogs of the permanent collection, 1864-1902.

 

A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

           

Mic. 770         PAFA descriptive catalog of the permanent collection, 1902; and

Minutes of meetings of the directors of PAFA, 1805-1880; and

an index to minutes, 1805-1857.

                       

A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

           

Mic. 771         Minutes of meetings of the directors of PAFA, 1880 or 1881-1892.

 

                        Also donations to PAFA, 1809-1854; lists of items received for exhibitions (1847-1854); registers for exhibitions (1856-1869); inventory of oil paintings (ca.1862); register of property (1876); disbursements (1879-1880), and other miscellaneous materials.

                       

A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 772         PAFA disbursements, 1876-1889, and cash book, 1857-1889.

 

                        Registers of visitors, 1831-1832, 1841-1863.

                                   

A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 773         Register of visitors, 1863-1865;

                        Permits for copying and registers of copies made, 1837-1868;

                        List of honorary members, academicians, and associate artists, 1863;

                        Additional lists and photographs of members and academicians;

                        Information about shares of stock in the academy, 1806-1808;

                        Contributions to the academy (1845, after a fire; 1872, building fund);

                        Register of bonds;

                        Minutes of the Committee on Instruction, 1856-1894;

                        Minutes of the Committee on the Academy, 1856-1889;

                        Minutes of the Committee on Exhibitions, 1856-1863

                                                           

A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 774         Minutes of the Committee on Exhibitions, 1863-1894;

                        Register of works on deposit, 1882-1894;

                        Register of photographic works on loan, 1898-1900;

                        State of tickets and catalogs sold, 1858-1870;

                        Temple Trust Fund medal, 1882-1883;

                        Receipts for payments, 1813-1855

                                                                                   

A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 775         Receipts for payments, 1855-1892;

                        Ledgers, 1882-1889               

                                                                                   

A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 776         documents relating to portrait of George Washington by Faustino Padron;

                        Materials relating to Adolph Ulric Wertmuller;

Articles, letters, addresses, reports, etc., pertaining to history of PAFA.

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 777         Articles, letters, addresses, reports, etc., pertaining to history of PAFA;

                        Annual reports, 1851, 1855, 1879-1906 (some years missing);

                        Philadelphia Society of Artists materials;

                        Inventory of American Portraiture at PAFA, prepared 1942 (continues on next reel)

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 778         exhibition catalogs, papers, and constitutions of other institutions, including Artists’ Fund Society of Philadelphia, Lancaster County Historical Society (Penn.), Society of Artist of the United States;

also exhibit catalogs from PAFA

 

A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 779         exhibit catalogs from PAFA, 1892-1949;

                        PAFA scrapbooks, 1877-1892, 1901-1904.

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 780         PAFA scrapbooks, 1904-1908

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 781         PAFA scrapbooks, 1908-1913

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 782         PAFA scrapbooks, 1913-1924

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 783         PAFA scrapbooks, 1923-1941

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 784         PAFA scrapbooks, 1941-1951

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 785         PAFA scrapbooks, 1904-1908;

Portrait engravings executed by John Sartain (arranged alphabetically by subject, A-W; no list of names, however)

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 786         Portrait engravings executed by John Sartain (arranged alphabetically by subject, Wellington to Zwingle; no list of names, however);

                        Other engravings by John Sartain (certificates, fraternity emblems, etc.);

                        Engravings by Emily Sartain, mostly portraits;

                        PAFA account books, 1805-1857;

                        Janitor’s account book, 1858-1869;

                        Receipts, 1806-1813;

                        Register of works loaned for exhibitions, 1856-1860    

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 787         Register of works loaned for exhibitions, 1861-1893

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 788         Register of works loaned for exhibitions, 1893-1898;

                        Register of students, 1858-1901;

                        List of artists, probably 1870s;

                        Register of etchings by Daniel Garber;

                        Register of art property received 1890-1944

                       

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

Mic. 789         student register, 1900-1904;

                        Scholarship winners, 1899-1923;

                        Catalog of the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, 1912;

                        Auction catalogs, 1850s-1860s, 1886;

                        Agreement to establish a school of fine arts in the U.S., 1794;

                        PAFA correspondence, documents, rough minutes, etc., 1805-1842

 

                        A list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 790         PAFA correspondence, documents, rough minutes, etc., 1843-1865

 

                        A selected list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

 

 

Mic. 791         PAFA correspondence, documents, rough minutes, etc., 1865-1878

 

                        A selected list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

Also available is a list of letters and documents pertaining to Thomas Eakins.

 

 

Mic. 792         PAFA correspondence, documents, rough minutes, etc., 1878-1880

 

                        A selected list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.

Also available is a list of letters and documents pertaining to Thomas Eakins.

 

 

Mic. 793         PAFA correspondence, documents, rough minutes, etc., 1880-1882

 

                        A selected list of the items on this reel is available at this repository. 

Also available is a list of letters and documents pertaining to Thomas Eakins.

 

 

Mic. 794         PAFA correspondence, documents, rough minutes, etc., 1882-1883

 

                        A selected list of the items on this reel is available at this repository. 

 

 

Mic. 795         PAFA correspondence, documents, rough minutes, etc., 1883-1885

 

                        A selected list of the items on this reel is available at this repository. 

Also available is a list of letters and documents pertaining to Thomas Eakins.

 

 

Mic. 796         PAFA correspondence, documents, rough minutes, etc., 1885-1887

 

                        A selected list of the items on this reel is available at this repository. 

Also available is a list of letters and documents pertaining to Thomas Eakins.

 

 

Mic. 797         PAFA correspondence, 1891;

Course catalog and exhibition catalogs for school in Chester Springs, 1929-1940 (scattered items);

exhibit catalogs from various places, 1837-1910;

PAFA annual reports, 1881/92-1905/06, 1915, 1949-1953;

 

                        A selected list of the items on this reel is available at this repository. 

 

 

Mic. 798         various PAFA documents;

                        Letter about Benjamin West, 1818;

Photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials about PAFA permanent collection and artists:

Aaron- Burg, Copeland

                       

                        A selected list of the items on this reel is available at this repository. 

 

 

Mic. 799         Photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials about PAFA permanent collection and artists:

Bush-Brown, Margaret – Eakins, Thomas (Whitman portrait)

 

 

Mic. 800         Photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials about PAFA permanent collection and artists:

Eakins, Thomas (Whitman portrait) – Hesselius (Bacchanalian Revel)

 

 

Mic. 801         Photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials about PAFA permanent collection and artists:

Hesselius (Holy Family) – Lauck

 

 

Mic. 802         Photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials about PAFA permanent collection and artists:

Laurent, Robt. – Nealge, John (ivory miniature of J. E. Thomson)

 

Mic. 803         Photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials about PAFA permanent collection and artists:

Nealge, John (portrait of Capt. Wilmon Whilldin) - Polk, Charles

 

 

Mic. 804         Photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials about PAFA permanent collection and artists:

Poole, Abram – Snell, Henry

                        Note: see end of reel for clear images of frames 896-906

 

 

Mic. 805         Photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials about PAFA permanent collection and artists:

                        Snyder, Frans – Tryon, Wm. Dwight

 

 

Mic. 806         Photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials about PAFA permanent collection and artists:

                        Trumbull, John – West (Death on a Pale Horse)

 

 

Mic. 807         Photos, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and biographical materials about PAFA permanent collection and artists:

                        West (Death on a Pale Horse) – Zsissly (pseudonym for Malvin Marr Albright)

 

                        Works of art sold from PAFA permanent collection or returned to lender:

                        Adams, Weymann – Healy, George Peter Alexander (portrait of Robert Hooper)

 

 

Mic. 808         Works of art sold from PAFA permanent collection or returned to lender:

                        Healy, George Peter Alexander (portrait of Robert Hunter) – unknown artist

 

 

Mic. 809         Works of art sold from PAFA permanent collection or returned to lender:

                        unknown artist – Zimmerman, Reinhard

 

                        exhibitions at Philadelphia Artists’ Gallery, 1946-1954;

                        various PAFA publications, including exhibit catalogs;

                        sketchbook of William Emlen Cresson;

                        etchings by John Sartain;

                        other publications and papers

 

                        A complete list of the items on this reel is available at this repository.