Object Details
- Creator
- Clements, Gabrielle de Veaux, 1858-1948
- Subject
- Hale, Ellen Day
- Cornell University.
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- United States
- Physical Description
- 1 Linear foot
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as 7 series. Series 1: Biographical materials, circa 1920-1944 (3 folders; Box 1) Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1875-1945 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1) Series 3: Writings, circa 1885-1940 (8 folders; Box 1) Series 4: Printed material, circa 1860-1948 (5 folders; Box 1) Series 5: Artwork, circa 1895-1940 (3 folders; Box 1) Series 6: Sketchbooks, circa 1884-1940 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1) Series 7: Photographs, circa 1875-1940 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)
- Access Note / Rights
- Use of original papers requires an appointment.
- Summary
- The papers of painter, etcher, printer, muralist, and art teacher Gabrielle de Veaux Clements measure 1 linear foot and date from 1860 to 1948. Found within the papers are biographical material; personal and professional correspondence, including extensive correspondence from Clements to her mother; writings, including notes and essays on art history and etching techniques; printed material; artwork; eight sketchbooks; and photographs of Clements, her family and friends, and her work.
- Citation
- Gabrielle de Veaux Clements papers, 1860-1948. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Additional Forms
- Portions of this collection are available on 35 mm microfilm reels 4212-4213 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
- Funding
- Processing of this collection was funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art
- Use Note
- The Gabrielle de Veaux Clements papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Biography Note
- Painter, printer, and art teacher Gabrielle de Veaux Clements (1858-1948) lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; and Folly Cove near Gloucester, Massachusetts. She was known for her etchings and her commissioned murals for the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
- Language Note
- The collection is in English.
- Provenance
- The Gabrielle de Veaux Clements papers were donated by Mrs. Harlan Starr, Jr. in 1983.
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA_CollID)7161
- (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209296
- AAA_collcode_clemgabr
- Type
- Prints
- Photographs
- Diaries
- Sketchbooks
- Sketches
- Place
- Egypt -- description and travel
- Theme
- Diaries
- Sketches & Sketchbooks
- Women
- Lives of American Artists
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Muralists -- Massachusetts
- Etching -- Technique
- Women painters -- United States
- Printmakers -- United States
- Art -- History
- Etchers -- Massachusetts
- Record ID
- AAADCD_coll_209296
