Joseph Henry Sharp letters
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Description
- Title
- Joseph Henry Sharp letters
- Creator
- Sharp, Joseph Henry, 1859-1953
- Contributor
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Crow Agency Hotel
Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919
Gest, Joseph Henry
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1841-1919
Sharp, Addie Byram
Sharp, Joseph Henry, 1859-1953
Sherburne, J. D
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs--Crow Agency - Published / Created
- 1903 Aug 21-1905 Jun 16
- Abstract
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Four ALS (August 21 and November 22, 1903, May 24, 1904, and June 16, 1905), to "My dear Mr. [Joseph Henry] Gest," director of the Cincinnati Art Museum, and one ALS with envelope postmarked March 8, 1905, addressed to his friend and former painting teacher Frank Duveneck, Art Museum, Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. Sharp's letters to Gest describe his life in Montana, the progress of his work, orders for painting supplies, and news of Mrs. Sharp and mutual friends. The 1904 letter, written from San Francisco, relates that he has delivered his work to Mrs. Hearst. In his letter to Frank Duveneck, Sharp asks advice on painting technique, describes activities of the local Indians, and includes a pencil sketch of a Crow woman. With the exception of the 1904 letter, the letters were written from Montana on Crow Agency Hotel and J. D. Sherburne, U.S. Licensed Trader, Browning, Montana, letterheads.
- Description
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American artist, who, after being commissioned by the California philanthropist Mrs. Phoebe Hearst to paint Plains Indians and scenes of Indian life, lived with his wife Addie Byram Sharp from 1902 to 1910 at Crow Agency, Montana, and travelled and painted throughout the West.
Purchased from Midland Rare Books on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 1962. - Extent
- 5 items.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS S-2043 Sh23
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
- Correspondence
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Geographic)
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Crow Agency (Mont.)
Montana--Description and travel - Subject (Name)
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Crow Agency Hotel
Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919
Gest, Joseph Henry
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1841-1919
Sharp, Addie Byram
Sharp, Joseph Henry, 1859-1953
Sherburne, J. D
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs--Crow Agency - Subject (Topic)
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Artists--United States
Crow Indians--Social life and customs
Indians of North America--Montana--Pictorial works
Indians of North America--Montana--Social life and customs
Painting, American--Montana
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Joseph Henry Sharp Letters. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 4085208
- Object ID (OID)
- 17259778