Book of the Artists. American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and Critical Sketches of American Artists: Preceded by an Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of Art in America.
Henry Theodore Tuckerman
(American, 1813–1871)
Henry Kirke Brown
(American, 1814–1886)
Jasper Francis Cropsey
(American, 1823–1900)
Daniel Huntington
(American, 1816–1906)
Peter Frederick Rothermel
(American, 1817–1895)
Samuel Worcester Rowse
(American, 1822–1901)
James Hamilton
(American, 1819–1878)
Albert Gallatin Hoit
(American, 1809–1856)
John Frederick Kensett
(American, 1816–1872)
William Page
(American, 1811–1885)
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741–1827)
George Palmer Putnam
(American, 1814–1872)
1867
Place of PublicationNew York, New York, USA
Place of PublicationLondon, England
Medium/TechniquePrinted book, extra-illustrated with dozens of engravings, woodcuts, photographs, autograph letters, and original drawings
DimensionsOverall (each volume, variable): 34.7 x 27.8 x 5 cm (13 11/16 x 10 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number61.364a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
New York: G. P. Putnam & Son; London: Sampson Low & Co., 1867
ProvenanceFrederick S. Peck, Barrington, RI (1868-1947); probably sold in auction of his Rare American Historical Autographs (Philadelphia, Freeman, 13-14 May, 1947); Maxim Karolik, Newport, RI (1893-1963); by whom given to MFA May 10, 1961.
