1890-1895
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Use of the originals is restricted. This collection is available as color digital facsimiles (see links below).
摘要
This collection consists of 水彩画 and 草图 made by Henry Adams during his travels to the South 海洋 (1890-1891); South Carolina, Cuba, and the Rocky Mountains (1894); and the West Indies (1895).
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Henry Adams was the son of Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and Abigail Brooks Adams (1808-1889) and the grandson and great-grandson of presidents John Quincy Adams and John Adams. Henry worked as a journalist, professor, historian, and political observer and traveled extensively throughout his life, spending time in Europe, Egypt, Japan, Cuba, and the South 海洋. He had a strong interest in art and artists and created his own photographs and 水彩画. Adams married 3月ian "Clover" Hooper in 1872, and she died in 1885. 亨利继续 his travels until his own death in Washington, D.C. in 1918.
来源
亚当斯,亨利. 亨利·亚当斯的书信,卷. 3-4. 剑桥大学: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1982-1988.
Chalfant,爱德华. Improvement of the World: A Biography of Henry Adams. 他最后的一生(1891-1918. 北黑文，康涅狄格州.:执政官出版社，2001.
Georgini,莎拉. 《og体育平台》." http://pxr.beijingcitytourist.com/beehiveblog/2018/01/a-midwinters-tale/
schey恩斯特. 亨利·亚当斯的圈子:艺术 & 艺术家. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1970.
og体育官网描述
This collection consists of 水彩画 painted by Henry Adams during his travels to the South 海洋 (1890-1891); South Carolina, Cuba, and the Rocky Mountains (1894); and the West Indies (1895). The collection also includes a watercolor by Dora Norton Williams; a lithograph depicting the mansion house at 阿克顿公园, Wrexham, England; and a photomechanical reproduction of Henry Adams's sketch of his 狗. Most of the images were originally in a scrapbook which was 1989年解散.
获取信息
The majority of the 水彩画 were removed from the Henry Adams papers, which were a bequest 亨利·亚当斯，1919年. The Acton Park lithograph (item #45) was a gift of Mrs. 沃德·索伦，1957年. "Looking through Tati's house" (item #46) was received Aug. 2013.
访问限制
Use of the originals is restricted. This collection is available as color digital facsimiles (see links below).
其他格式
This collection is available as color digital facsimiles.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Watercolor of a lean-to set under a tree. Titled in graphite above signature. 附注: in Henry Adams's hand: "Found in the wreck of R. L. Stevenson's house at Apia and brought away by Speck von Sternburg [Bel] was Mrs. Strong."
Lithograph of the mansion house at Acton Park. Note in Henry Adams's hand on mat: "Acton 雷克瑟姆附近的公园. Robt爵士. A. 坎里夫."
喜欢引用
亨利·亚当斯的水彩画 草图, Massachusetts Historical Society.
访问条款
This collection is indexed under the following headings in 阿比盖尔的在线目录 Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.