John Durand papers, 1854-1907

Collection Information

Size: 2,000 Items, (on 5 microfilm reels)

Summary: Correspondence and printed material.

Reels N21-N24: Letters concerning publication of THE CRAYON, a journal devoted to the graphic arts and related literature edited by Durand, and published by Stillman and Durand, New York.

Reel N25: The book A COMPANION TO THE HEART OF THE ANDES, 1859, by Theodore Winthrop, with John Durand's signature on the title page. The book is a critique of Frederic Edwin Church's painting "The Heart of the Andes."

Biographical/Historical Note

Editor; Paris, France and New York City.

Provenance

Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.

Language Note

English .

Location of Originals

• Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.