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Folder 134

Curatorial Remarks

The etchings are probably 1426.319, Percy Thomas, Temple Bar, 1880. The inscription in pencil states: "Percy Thomas Compliments to Thomas Moran, Esquire," 1426.318, Percy Thomas, The Dealers, 1896. The inscription reads "Mrs. Moran with Percy Thomas' Compliments."

Sandra Pauly, Luce Curatorial Scholar of American Art, 2022

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Typed letter from Charles M. Russell to Albert Trigg dated 10 April 1911 speaks of a visit to the east.

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Folder 171

Curatorial Remarks

See also 3879.799.

Sandra Pauly, Luce Curatorial Scholar of American Art, 2022

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Folder 93

Curatorial Remarks

Both Thomas Moran and Mary Nimmo Moran were members of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, of which Francis Seymour Haden was a founder. See also 5176.217.

Sandra Pauly, Luce Curatorial Scholar of American Art, 2022

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Folder 92

Curatorial Remarks

Philip Gilbert Hamerton founded and edited the British art journal The Portfolio (1870-1893).

Sandra Pauly, Luce Curatorial Scholar of American Art, 2022

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Emil William Lenders (n. d.), cowboy and artist, was born in London and educated in Germany, having studied art at the Academy of Munich. He painted buffalo at the 101 Ranch in the 1890's, and was later associated with Buffalo Bill (William Cody). The papers consist of three books containing color sketches of American Indians and their artifacts, including cattle brands, with notes; a catalog of Lender's collection of books; a...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This letter came from the library of Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth and was sold at a public auction from Sotheby and Company in 1948. It is described as follows: "Examination of some Indians in Relation to ye condition of ye French in Canada, at a Meeting of the Comm. for managing the Indian Affairs in Albany, 21 June 1709, contemporary MS., 3 pp. folio." It is a report of the "Indian Spies" who had been sent into Canada to see...

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Includes 2 manuscripts submitted to the earl of Shelburne. One "A Plan for the Management of Indians and Indian Affairs in the Southern District of North America "and the second is "The Underwritten Proposals for Taking the Island of New Orleans and Retaking the Province of West Florida" . Author suggests several strategies to increase British presence and property in area, held by Spain. Also included is a Memorial from John...

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Clipping of an article entitled "Russell Paintings Please All Who See Them: Sir Henry Pellat Makes Heavy Purchases; English Visitors Are Loud In Praise". Morning Albertan, Calgary. September 7, 1912. In two pieces.

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Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65