Box 8
Container
Contains 15 Results:
Reference. Berenson, Bernard. Transcripts of correspondence to Johnson, 1911-1917
File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series represents nearly three decades of Johnson's correspondence with art dealers in Europe and America, as well as with experts and scholars, many of whom acted as liaison and critic to Johnson's acquisitions. Some of the most eminent names in art history are among Johnson's most prolific advisors; namely Bernard Berenson, W. R. (Wilhelm) Valentiner and R. Langton Douglas. A number of receipts and invoices filed along with the correspondence also document many of Johnson's purchases,...
Dates:
1911-1917
Reference. Berenson, Mary. Photocopy of correspondence to Isabelle Stewart Gardner, 1904 January 31
File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series represents nearly three decades of Johnson's correspondence with art dealers in Europe and America, as well as with experts and scholars, many of whom acted as liaison and critic to Johnson's acquisitions. Some of the most eminent names in art history are among Johnson's most prolific advisors; namely Bernard Berenson, W. R. (Wilhelm) Valentiner and R. Langton Douglas. A number of receipts and invoices filed along with the correspondence also document many of Johnson's purchases,...
Dates:
1904 January 31
Reference. Fry, Roger Eliot. Notes identifying "Cat. No." referenced in correspondence to Johnson, 1905-1911
File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series represents nearly three decades of Johnson's correspondence with art dealers in Europe and America, as well as with experts and scholars, many of whom acted as liaison and critic to Johnson's acquisitions. Some of the most eminent names in art history are among Johnson's most prolific advisors; namely Bernard Berenson, W. R. (Wilhelm) Valentiner and R. Langton Douglas. A number of receipts and invoices filed along with the correspondence also document many of Johnson's purchases,...
Dates:
1905-1911
Reference. Fry, Roger Eliot. Summaries of correspondence to Johnson, 1905-1911
File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series represents nearly three decades of Johnson's correspondence with art dealers in Europe and America, as well as with experts and scholars, many of whom acted as liaison and critic to Johnson's acquisitions. Some of the most eminent names in art history are among Johnson's most prolific advisors; namely Bernard Berenson, W. R. (Wilhelm) Valentiner and R. Langton Douglas. A number of receipts and invoices filed along with the correspondence also document many of Johnson's purchases,...
Dates:
1905-1911
Reference. Horne, Herbert. Summaries of correspondence to Johnson, 1906-1908
File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series represents nearly three decades of Johnson's correspondence with art dealers in Europe and America, as well as with experts and scholars, many of whom acted as liaison and critic to Johnson's acquisitions. Some of the most eminent names in art history are among Johnson's most prolific advisors; namely Bernard Berenson, W. R. (Wilhelm) Valentiner and R. Langton Douglas. A number of receipts and invoices filed along with the correspondence also document many of Johnson's purchases,...
Dates:
1906-1908
Reference. Various. Excerpts of correspondence to/from Johnson with others, 1903-1914
File — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series represents nearly three decades of Johnson's correspondence with art dealers in Europe and America, as well as with experts and scholars, many of whom acted as liaison and critic to Johnson's acquisitions. Some of the most eminent names in art history are among Johnson's most prolific advisors; namely Bernard Berenson, W. R. (Wilhelm) Valentiner and R. Langton Douglas. A number of receipts and invoices filed along with the correspondence also document many of Johnson's purchases,...
Dates:
1903-1914
Reference. Wilstach Gallery. Photocopies of correspondence from Johnson to various, 1895-1913, 1979
File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series represents nearly three decades of Johnson's correspondence with art dealers in Europe and America, as well as with experts and scholars, many of whom acted as liaison and critic to Johnson's acquisitions. Some of the most eminent names in art history are among Johnson's most prolific advisors; namely Bernard Berenson, W. R. (Wilhelm) Valentiner and R. Langton Douglas. A number of receipts and invoices filed along with the correspondence also document many of Johnson's purchases,...
Dates:
1895-1913, 1979
Legal practice. Page from deposition [?] transcript, undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: 14
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It appears that the two ornate, leather-bound Bibles filed here as "Library, other" were never included in any Johnson inventories--neither the estate inventories in this collection, nor the inventories included in the curatorial records. Yet both clearly belonged to Johnson. As an inscription on one of the front matter pages makes evident, the volume published in 1847 was a gift to Johnson's parents from the Reverend Samuel Pancoast and his wife Sarah Louise. The Pancoasts presented the...
Dates:
undated
Writings. Sight-seeing in Berlin and Holland: among Pictures [photocopy], 1892
File — Box: 8, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
It appears that the two ornate, leather-bound Bibles filed here as "Library, other" were never included in any Johnson inventories--neither the estate inventories in this collection, nor the inventories included in the curatorial records. Yet both clearly belonged to Johnson. As an inscription on one of the front matter pages makes evident, the volume published in 1847 was a gift to Johnson's parents from the Reverend Samuel Pancoast and his wife Sarah Louise. The Pancoasts presented the...
Dates:
1892
John G. Johnson. Age six. Copy print by F. Gutekunst, undated
File — Box: 8, Folder: 9
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The lives of Johnson and his wife are chronicled here through portraits--Johnson from the ages of six to at least sixty-six and Ida from child to mother to matron. There is also an oversized image of a drawing room in what was likely the couple's first home at 426 South Broad Street. With paintings covering much of the walls, the photograph illustrates Johnson already acquiring art at a vigorous pace.A local studio, Haesler, took most of the portraits of Johnson, who by then was...
Dates:
undated