Collection consists of 34 pieces of correspondence, including autograph letters, postcards, and holiday cards, from O'Keeffe to Susan and Alexander Girard, and their daughter Sansi Needham Girard Agnew. The Girards were residents of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and most letters discuss personal topics, including plans for visits to each others' homes. Also included are invitations to openings at museums exhibiting O'Keeffe's work which were sent on her behalf. The collection holds 23 snapshot photographs of O'Keeffe, the Girards, and others at events, gatherings, and on travels, and plus some scenery in New Mexico, and a portrait of O'Keeffe in an 8 by 10 inch format bearing a studio stamp of Charles Eames; the photographs date from 1963 to 1973. and With the collection is one letter from Robert Jaffie to Thomas Needham, dated March 10, 1959, discussing a recent visit with O'Keeffe.
Description:
Alexander Girard (1907-1993), American designer, art collector., Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist., Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Elizabeth Wakeman Dwight Memorial Fund, 2009., and Susan Needham Girard (1910-1996), American art collector.
Subject (Name):
Girard, Alexander, Girard, Susan Needham, 1910-1996, and O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
Subject (Topic):
Artists--United States and Painters--United States
Title from item., Date from design at top of sheet: letters "H F M" on sides of triangle within a circle, the year "1769" in center of triangle., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 3 of an album of trade cards and invitations.
"Invitation; a large rectangular cartouche in the centre; on the left, London in form of a young woman, standing, crowned, holding a sword in her right hand; on the right, three putti decorating the cartouche with flowers and plants; on top, a putto seated on flowers on the cartouche, holding up a banner; below the cartouche, two griffins and an escutcheon; after Hamilton; proof with first escutcheon, before inscriptions in the cartouche."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from banner above image., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1868,0822.1271., Sheet trimmed to plate mark, resulting in loss of text., and On page numbered 15 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Notice of a Meeting of the Council of the Medical Society of London
Alternative Title:
Sir, I beg leave to inform you, that there will be a Meeting of the Council, on Monday next
Description:
Title from item., Letterpress text, with a woodcut illustration of the seal of the Medical Society of London., Form completed in manuscript on 29 August 1826, to specify that the meeting would occur on "the 4th day of Septr. at 8 in the evening." An additional ink annotation at the bottom notes that "The Library Committee will meet at 7 oclock.", Mounted to 27.2 x 21 cm., and Mounted opposite page *468 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Compton & Ritchie, printers, Middle Street, Cloth Fair, London
Title from image., Caption in second plate below image: "New musical fund, Opera House, Hay Market, Thursday, March 15th, 1804. NB. This check will admit the subscriber without the print.", With signature on lower right: G. Smart. Red wax seal on lower left., and On second loose leaf before page numbered 1 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Publisher:
L. Legoux sculp., late pupil of F. Bartolozzi, R.A., No. 1 Poland Street, Soho
An invitation in letterpress with an engraving above with allegorical figures
Alternative Title:
Original, ancient, and honourable lumber troop and Harrison's tobacco paper
Description:
Title engraved in image., Date from Paulson., Formerly attributed to Hogarth. See R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 17, p. 35., Contemporary ms. note on sheet, below arms: December 29. 1784. Mr. John Nichols was made a Trooper. Wm Wright Colen., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Copy., 1 print : etching in red ink ; sheet 12.2 x 7.9 cm., and On page 3 in volume 1.
An invitation in letterpress with an engraving above with allegorical figures
Alternative Title:
Original, ancient, and honourable lumber troop and Harrison's tobacco paper
Description:
Title engraved in image., Date from Paulson., Formerly attributed to Hogarth. See R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 17, p. 35., On page 3 in volume 1 with Steevens' note above: Copy., and Number in pen and ink, lower left: No. 12.
National Repository for the Exhibition of Specimens of New and Improved Productions of the Artisans and Manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Description:
Title from item., "Patron, the King"--Above title., Imprint statement from text in decorative border beginning at the top, left margin, right margin, and bottom., "National Repository for the Exhibition of Specimens of New and Improved Productions of the Artisans and Manufacturers of the United Kingdom"--Verso., Printed in black, sanguine, silver, and gold inks., and Mounted to 20 x 13 cm; with a clipping below describing the Howlett printing firm and their invention of printing in gold (Cf. Page 174 of: Cardwell, J. Two centuries of Soho. London : Truslove and Hanson, 1898). For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Howlett and Brimmer, printers in gold to the Society of Arts, Frith Street, Soho
