Reports generated by the William J. Burns International Detective Agency in the course of investigating the finances and health of Arthur de Carle Sowerby in his final years.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Williamstown Art Conservation Center; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Research and Academic Program; Stone Hill Center (Williamstown, Mass.) Clippings...
This file contains press clippings about the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
Jacquard, Joseph-Marie, 1752-1834; Abbās I, Shah of Iran, 1571-1629; Rugs, Oriental
Author's armorial book-plate reproduced on t.-p. Ornamental lining-papers. Each colored plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [387]-401. Allegory.--Contemporary arts.--Carpets, runners and...
Folk art -- Czech Republic -- Ruthenia; Costume -- Czech Republic -- Ruthenia; Ruthenia (Czechoslovakia) -- Social life and customs; Decorative arts -- Czech Republic -- Ruthenia; Decoration and ornament, Ukrainian;
One of 300 copies printed. "Translated by L. Hyde."
Clans; Tartans; Highlands (Scotland); Clans -- Scotland -- History
Publication information based on title page of Volume 1. Volumes 1-4 continuously paged; Volumes 5-8 continuously paged. CAI copy has added engraved t.p. in v. 1: The Scottish Highlands, Highland clans and Highland regiments. CAI copy has t.p. and...
Clans; Tartans; Highlands (Scotland); Clans -- Scotland -- History
Publication information based on title page of Volume 1. Volumes 1-4 continuously paged; Volumes 5-8 continuously paged. CAI copy has added engraved t.p. in v. 1: The Scottish Highlands, Highland clans and Highland regiments. CAI copy has t.p. and...
Title page and dedication lithographed; Essay on ornamental art ... By James Ballantine. London : W. S. Orr & Co., 1847, has its own title page and is separately paged; Cover title: Book of ornamental designs
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany ; World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war ; World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war ; Assemblage (Art) ; Interior spaces; Dadaism; Shrines
Through Shen-Kan is the account of a 1908-09 expedition to the Shensi and Kansu provinces of northern China. The expedition was funded by Robert Sterling Clark, one of the heirs to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Clark was joined by the...
"4 albertype plates as extracted from Albertype view books scenery and portraits. Rear cover is an albertype collage of 12 Albertype view books. The Albertype Company, 67 & 69 Spring Street, New York. This very fine small catalogue by the Albertype...
McGill University; Prince Edward Island; Universite Laval; Rideau Hall (Ottawa, Ont.); Dominion Coal Company, Ltd; Rapids -- Canada; Waterfalls -- Canada; Lumber trade -- Canada; Summer resorts -- Canada; Paper industry -- Canada; Locks (Hydraulic...
Includes "Half-tone illustrations from photographs and art integrated pictorially with the text, printed in multiple colors and including elaborate chromolitho art, borders and designs. What sets this government promotional book apart is the...
New Haven (Conn.); New Haven (Conn.) -- Poetry; Yale University. School of Art; St. Paul's Church (New Haven, Conn.)
Volume includes "23 collotype illustrations, 13 full page, 9 vignettes, 1 art, from scenery around New Haven, Conn. Randall's photographs and verse. The Prang Press, Boston, printed the book. The Prang Co., possibly America's premier...
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Medals; Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 -- Medals; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Medals; Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 -- Medals; United States Mint -- Catalogs; Medals -- United States
"21 plates, including the half-title, of Anaglyptographic engravings from medals, 77 specimens in all. Anaglyphic [sic] engraving, using Saxton's machine at the United States Mint. 'Engraved from the medal by the Anaglyptographic process by J. W....
Scientific expeditions -- China; China -- Description and travel; China Journal of Science and Arts; China Society of Arts and Science; Fujian Sheng (China); Zhejiang Sheng (China); Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925; Zhang, Zuolin, 1875-1928; Smithsonian...
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby refers to the important task of collecting specimens in Fukien and to the working relationships he has established with Caldwell, Hoy and Roy Chapman Andrews...
China--Politics and government--1912-1928; Mammals -- China -- Classification; Birds -- China -- Classification; Reptiles -- China -- Classification; Amphibians -- China -- Classification; China Journal of Science and Arts; Clark, Robert Sterling,...
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby begins by telling Clark that though his items have been prepared for shipping and dispatched, but are awaiting a steamer from Shanghai to Havre. He indicates it...
China--History--May Thirtieth movement, 1925; Shanghai (China). Municipal Police; Shanghai (China : International Settlement); Communism--China; Zhongguo guo min dang; Child labor; Shanghai (China)--History--20th century; China--Politics and...
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby provides a long treatise on current events in Shanghai in China, in particular the circumstances leading up to a protest during which Shanghai police fired on a...
Fujian Sheng (China); Scientific expeditions -- China; China -- Description and travel; China Journal of Science and Arts; China Society of Arts and Science; Mammals -- China -- Classification; Reptiles -- China -- Classification; Amphibians --...
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby describes his collecting trip to Fukien Province, his illness, financial and personal issues, news of the China Journal of Science and Arts and the China Society...
This series contains the records of the Director's Office from 1955-1977. The series is primarily correspondence to and from the Director of the museum about a wide variety of the museum's concerns such as publicity, acquisitions, staff hiring,...