Pennell-Whistler collection, 1597-1937 (bulk 1880-1937).
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926.
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903. Charles Godfrey Leland papers.
Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936. Pennell-Whistler collection. 1597-1937.
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Adventures of an illustrator, mostly in following his authors in America & Europe. 1925.
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Etchers and etching. 1924.
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Glory of New York. 1926.
Whistler, Anna Mathilda McNeill, 1804-1881. Anna Mathilda McNeill Whistler papers.
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903. Pennell-Whistler collection. 1597-1937.
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Correspondence, lectures, drafts of books and articles, clippings, and other papers of Pennell, his wife Elizabeth Robins Pennell, and James McNeill Whistler documenting their careers as artists and authors as well as the artistic climate and mores of the period.
Correspondence, legal papers, clippings, photographs, and other papers of Whistler pertaining to his friends, career, and business affairs. Subjects include the Whistler-Ruskin trial and the 1892 Whistler exhibition in the Goupil Gallery, London, England. Whistler's correspondents include Edward Coley Burne-Jones, William Heinemann, Thomas Jekyll, Edward G. Kennedy, Frederick Richards Leyland, Joseph Pennell, Valentine C. Prinsep, James Anderson Rose, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rosetti, Frederick Sandys, David Croal Thomson, Virginia Vaughan, and the Heinemann (Firm) and Morris & Co. (London, England).
Includes a diary of Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler, the subject of Whistler's Arrangement in Grey and Black (1871), and her correspondence with Getfield Margaret Hill, Mary Emma Eastwick, and others.
Includes papers pertaining to Joseph Pennell's writings and artwork, galleries handling the sale of his lithographs and etchings, and museums in the United States and abroad that exhibited his works. Subjects include Pennell's work related to artwork in government propaganda during World War I. Includes correspondence of Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell with Whistler as well as with Elmer Adler, J.M. Barrie, Paul Wayland Bartlett, Ford Madox Brown, Timothy Cole, Royal Cortissoz, Walter Crane, Charles William Deschamps, Théodore Duret, Henri Fantin-Latour, John F. Flanagan, Cass Gilbert, Rodman Gilder, Edmund Gosse, Charles James Whistler Hanson, Childe Hassam, Henry James, Robert Underwood Johnson, John Lane, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Leila Mechlin, A. Edward Newton, Agnes Repplier, Alice Hegan Rice, Cale Young Rice, Auguste Rodin, William Edwin Rudge, Linley Sambourne, John Singer Sargent, May Sinclair, and John Charles Van Dyke.
Papers of Elizabeth's uncle Charles Godfrey Leland include family correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, and other papers concerning his career as an author, folklorist, and philologist; his studies and travels in Europe; religion; and New England Indians.
The 2018 addition includes papers of the Pennells and Leland. Reflects Elizabeth's interest in the Romanies and includes her correspondence with the Gypsy Lore Society. Also documents Joseph's concern with his publications as artworks and includes files on his books Etchers and Etching (2nd edition, 1924), The Adventures of an Illustrator (1925), and The Glory of New York (1926).
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Pennell-Whistler Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Joseph Pennell and Elizabeth Robins Pennell and others,
Joseph Pennell, artist and author; Elizabeth Robins Pennell, author; and James McNeill Whistler, artist. Whistler's full name: James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962--Correspondence.
Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937--Correspondence.
Bartlett, Paul Wayland, 1865-1925--Correspondence.
Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893--Correspondence.
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898.
Cole, Timothy, 1852-1931--Correspondence.
Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948--Correspondence.
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915--Correspondence.
Deschamps, Charles William, 1848-1908--Correspondence.
Duret, Théodore, 1838-1927--Correspondence.
Eastwick, Mary Emma, 1851-1928--Correspondence.
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904--Correspondence.
Flanagan, John F., 1865-1952--Correspondence.
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934--Correspondence.
Gilder, Rodman, 1877---Correspondence.
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928--Correspondence.
Hanson, Charles James Whistler, 1870-1935--Correspondence.
Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935--Correspondence.
Heinemann, William, 1863-1920--Correspondence.
Hill, Getfield Margaret, 1802-1881--Correspondence.
James, Henry, 1843-1916--Correspondence.
Jekyll, Thomas, 1827-1881--Correspondence.
Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937--Correspondence.
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie), 1849-1932--Correspondence.
Lane, John, 1854-1925--Correspondence.
Leyland, Frederick Richards, 1831-1892--Correspondence.
Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947--Correspondence.
Mechlin, Leila, 1874-1949--Correspondence.
Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940--Correspondence.
Prinsep, Val C. (Val Cameron), 1838-1904--Correspondence.
Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950--Correspondence.
Rice, Alice Hegan, 1870-1942--Correspondence.
Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943--Correspondence.
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917--Correspondence.
Rose, James Anderson, 1819-1890.
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919.
Rudge, William Edwin, 1876-1931--Correspondence.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900--Trials, litigation, etc.
Sambourne, Linley, 1844-1910--Correspondence.
Sandys, Frederick, 1829-1904--Correspondence.
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925--Correspondence.
Sinclair, May--Correspondence.
Thomson, David Croal, 1855-1930--Correspondence.
Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932--Correspondence.
Vaughan, Virginia, -1913--Correspondence.
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903.
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903--Correspondence.
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903--Trials, litigation, etc.
Leland family.
Pennell family.
Goupil Gallery.
Gypsy Lore Society--Correspondence.
Heinemann (Firm)
Heinemann (Firm)--Correspondence.
Morris & Co. (London, England)
Morris & Co. (London, England)--Correspondence.
Art.
Art--England--London--Exhibitions.
Art criticism.
Art galleries, Commercial--England--London.
Art galleries, Commercial--United States.
Art museums.
Art museums--United States.
Indians of North America--New England.
Philology.
Religion.
Romanies.
Voyages and travels.
World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war.
World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda.
England--Intellectual life.
England--Social life and customs.
Europe--Description and travel.
United States--Intellectual life.
United States--Social life and customs.
The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler from Whistler Collections in Glasgow and Washington, D.C., available online through The On-line Edition, University of Glasgow at https://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/
Visual materials from the Pennell collection of Whistleriana
Pennell collection of Whistleriana
https://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms014022
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms014022.3
Open to research.