Photographs - Art., 01/01/1960-12/31/1968
Series-level Scope and Content Note
See also scrapbooks and scrapbook fragments in Series 7.
Dates
- 01/01/1960-12/31/1968
Collection-level Access Restrictions
Access to this collection is by permission from the Biddle family. Please contact Booth Family Center for Special Collections for further information.
Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.
Extent
From the Collection: 34 Linear Feet (65 Hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
5 b/w photographs of paintings and sculpture owned by Francis Biddle. Some given to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Includes "Woman on Horseback" by Gaston Lachaise (sculpture); "Head of a Woman" by Henri Matisse; "Seated Figure" by Jan Mestrovic; "The Nutcracker" by Gergoe Grosj; and drawing of horse (untitled) by ______?
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
BIDDLE, FRANCIS - ART COLLECTION (PHOTOGRAPHS): Photograph
PHOTOGRAPH(S) - ART BY VARIOUS (LACHAISE, MATISSE, MESTROVIC, GROSJ): Photograph
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu