Bolton Brown transcript of a letter to his parents
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Object Details
- Creator
- Brown, Bolton, 1864-1936
- Subject
- Brown, Bolton
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- Letter : 20 p. : handwritten, ill. ; 27 x 21 cm.
- Summary
- Letter is dated 1888 June 25-27, but Brown transcribed it at a later date.
Brown describes his life in Scotland and includes a sketch of a system he devised to shade himself from the sun while sketching outdoors.
Only the last three pages of this 20 page letter have been scanned. - Citation
- Bolton Brown. Bolton Brown transcript of a letter to his parents, 1888 June 25-27. Bolton Coit Brown papers, 1882-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- U.S. public domain
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1888 June 25-27
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)5890
- Type
- Correspondence
- See more items in
- Bolton Coit Brown papers, 1882-1987, bulk 1882-1936
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Illustrated letters
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_5890
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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