Illustrators
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
B. Stafford Good 1893-1969 Collection
Collection
Identifier: BMA-BSG
Abstract
This collection contains materials on B. Stafford Good’s career as an illustrator, such as: clippings, scrapbooks, print proofs, photographs, original sketches, and a manuscript that records an outline of the illustrations planned for “Adventures of Karki”, based on Good’s own experience during World War I.
Dates:
1907 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1970
Charles Scribner's Sons Art Department Card File Collection
Collection
Identifier: BMA-CSS
Scope and Contents
The card file contains approximately 22,000 3 x 5 and 4 x 6 index cards documenting Charles Scribner’s Sons transactions with artists and artworks used in their many publications. The artworks included range from reproductions of external works to photographs of portraits to original book jackets and illustrations commissioned by Scribner’s Sons. The cards include a range of information; some include only the names of artists and artworks, while others include the corresponding publications,...
Dates:
1884 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1930
John Sloan 1871-1951 Series , bulk: 1950 - 2000, 1892 - 2012
Series
Identifier: BMA.PPD.JS
Abstract
Contents include materials related or pertaining to American artist John Sloan as arranged by the collector Paul Preston Davis, who volunteered alongside Sloan’s second wife, Helen Farr Sloan, at the Delaware Art Museum, circa 1990. The John Sloan series was part of several donations made by Davis and includes exhibition catalogues, books, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, and ephemera that reproduce, advertise, or include works either by or in relation to John Sloan and Helen Farr...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950 - 2000; 1892 - 2012
N.C. Wyeth 1882-1945 Correspondence Collection of Betsy James Wyeth 1921-2020
Collection
Identifier: BMA-NCWC
Abstract
The N.C. Wyeth Correspondence Collection of Betsy James Wyeth details the life of this American artist and illustrator, through letters and photographs collected and curated by his daughter-in-law, Betsy James Wyeth (referred to as “BJW” in this finding aid). The collection contains manuscript correspondence (personal and business), both to and from N.C. Wyeth (referred to as “NCW”), with a majority of the personal letters written to his mother, Henriette Zirngiebel Wyeth (1858-1925)....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1882 - 1945; 1867 - 2021
Paul Preston Davis 1931-2021 Collection
Collection
Identifier: BMA-PPD
Abstract
The Paul Preston Davis Collection contains secondary and tertiary research materials that cover four artistic subjects local to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware regions: Alexander Charles Stuart, Henry Louis Stephens, Howard Pyle, and John Sloan.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1880 - 2000; 1820 - 2021
The Maxfield Parrish Museum Collection
Collection
Identifier: BMA-MPMC
Abstract
The Maxfield Parrish Museum Collection includes archival materials donated by the closed Maxfield Parrish Museum through its director and former art dealer, Alma Gilbert. The collection includes materials that relate to the home life and activities of Maxfield Parrish’s immediate family, such as photographs of the family and home, postcards, and children’s drawings. Materials pertaining to Parrish’s professional life include glass plate negatives and other photographs used as models for...
Dates:
1881 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1920