Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
John La Farge, the artist |
Object Name |
Copies of paintings.sketches |
Scope & Content |
The collection includes 10 photographs dating from the mid-19th century featuring members of the La Farge family and their country home in Glen Cove. John Frederick LaFarge (1786-1858), a Napoleonic soldier and later successful New York businessman built a house on what is now McLoughlin Street in the Landing section of Glen Cove. His son, John LaFarge (1835-1910) also lived in the house and was a famous painter and designer of stained glass windows. Some of his works were based on Glen Cove scenes. Mary LaFarge, who donated the works was a widow of Henry LaFarge, grandson of the artist. Certificate of Gift from Mary La Farge dated 1994 Articles about La Farge's life and painting and provenance records for his work Summary of Photographic Documentation for La Farge's Glen Cove pictures - some with no image Xerox copies of La Farge paintings/sketches: Copy of oil painting - Wooded Landscape, 1855 probably Glen Cove; provenance Copy of oil painting - Autumn, Edge of Wood, Glen Cove, L.I. 1860 Copy of water color - Sunset Sketch, Autumn, Red Spring, L.I. 1855 Copy of drawing - Landscape, Glen Cove, 1854 Copy of sketch - Shrewsbury Boy at Glen Cove, 1855 Copy of pencil sketch - Trees and Field, 1855 Copy of chalk sketch - Man Fishing in Woods, 1854 (Presumably Glen Cove) Copy of sketch - Cedar Tree, 1855 Copy of sketch - Glen Cove, 1854 Copy of painting - Autumn Afternoon, Sketch on the Shore, Glen Cove, L.I. 1862 Copy of sketch - Sailboats at Pier, Glen Cove, 1847 Copy of oil painting - A Hillside Study (Hilltop), c. 1862-64? Copy of oil painting - Glen Cove Meadow, 1860-65? Copy of oil painting -Autumn Study in the Woods, Glen Cove, L.I. 1863 Copy of oil painting - Portrait of a Painter, 1859 |
Collection |
Mary A. La Farge Collection |
Catalog Number |
2018.FIC.088 |