Includes bibliographical references and index. "This volume features nearly 500 paintings, watercolors, pastels, and miniatures from Harvard University's storied, yet little-known, collection of American art. These works, many unpublished, are drawn from the Harvard Art Museums, the University Portrait Collection, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and other entities, and date from the early colonial years to the mid-19th century. Highlights include a rare group of 17th-century portraits, along with important paintings by Robert Feke, John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, Gilbert Stuart, and Washington Allston, in addition to works depicting western and Native American subjects by Alexandre de Batz, Henry Inman, and Alfred Jacob Miller, among others. Each work is accompanied by scholarly commentary that draws on extensive new research, as well as a complete exhibition and reference history. An introduction by Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. describes the history of the collection. Lavishly illustrated in color, this compendium is a testament to the nation's oldest collection of American art, and an essential resource for scholars and collectors alike."--Volume one description. V. 2 is a catalog of 481 American paintings in the collections of Harvard University, which includes works from the Harvard Art Museum's Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler museums, the Harvard University Portrait Collection, Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Memorial Hall, the Radcliffe Institute, and Widener Library.
Contents:
v. 1. Paintings, watercolors, and pastels by artists born before 1826 / Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn -- v. 2. Paintings, watercolors, pastels, and stained glass by artists born between 1826 and 1856 / edited by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Kimberly Orcutt, Virginia Anderson ; with contributions by Ross Barrett [and others]
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