The Chadwick Museum -- Chadwick Museum
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subjects
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3 page handwritten letter from J. P. Thomasson, Bolton, England, to Thomas Moran regarding Mrs. Moran's visit to the Lavin Gallery, July 24, 1882
Item — Folder 94: [Barcode: 150.94]
Identifier: 3876.798
Description
Folder 94 Curatorial Remarks Thomas Moran and Mary Nimmo Moran travelled throughout the British Isles in 1882, and visited Bolton, England, Thomas's birthplace. In this letter J. P. Thomasson of Bolton, mentions the Chadwick Museum, although it did not officially open until 1884. Its orgins, however, date to the founding of Bolton's first library in 1852. The Chadwick Museum was demolished in 1956 and its collections distributed to various...
Dates:
July 24, 1882