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Autographs and Sketches from Artist Friends to Samuel P. Avery

Author Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. American
1874–80
Not on view
This collection includes illustrated autograph letters, calling cards, receipts, and so forth from prominent nineteenth-century painters, printmakers, and art historians, such as Adolph-William Bouguereau, Jules Breton, George Cruikshank, Jean-Jacques Henner, William Holman Hunt, and J. M. Millais. The book is bound by Stikeman, in full blue goatskin, with gold-tooled lines on covers and spine.


Illustrated: illustrated letter with messages from artists Jean-Léon Gérome, J. M. Millais, and William Hollman Hunt

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Autographs and Sketches from Artist Friends to Samuel P. Avery
  • Author: Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (American, New York 1822–1904 New York)
  • Date: 1874–80
  • Medium: Letter-book (manuscript)
  • Dimensions: 1 vol.; H: 11 3/8 in. (29 cm)
  • Credit Line: Presented by Amy Ogden Welcher and Emma Avery Welcher
  • Object Number: 272.4 Au8

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