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Title(s)
Matthew Shepperson archive, 1810-1869.
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Physical Description
0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
MSS 32 (In Process)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Archives & Manuscripts
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Notes
This collection is unprocessed and may not be available for immediate access.
The collection comprises manuscript material concerning Matthew Shepperson, portrait copyist, art instructor to lords and ladies, and collector of portraits. Includes two account books, recording forty-three years of financial records. Also present are four visiting cards, the original will of Shepperson's mother (naming him as executor and heir), one manuscript receipt for paintings, and 18 autograph letters signed, four of the latter with red wax seals. A number of the letters are from John Childs, dated from about 1823 to 1826. -
Subject Terms
Art -- Collectors and collecting. | Childs, John, 1784– | Painters -- Great Britain. | Painting, British | Portrait painting. | Shepperson, Matthew, 1785–1874.
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Form/Genre
Account books. | Correspondence. | Receipts (financial records) | Visiting cards | Wills
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