Artists--Virginia
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Henry James Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B845
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1830-1921, of the Henry James Brown family. There is a biographical sketch of Henry James Brown an artist and Methodist clergyman, as well as sketches drawn by him and sermons written by him. The papers also are of other members of his family. Includes a cut-out valentine and a fold-out book of poems illustrated in water color both made by Mary A. Brown, sister of Henry James Brown; cut-out valentines and a bookmark made by Salina Brown Worsham; and correspondence between Salina...
Dates:
1830-1921
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
J. Palin Thorley Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 00076
Scope and Contents
The papers of J. Palin Thorley contain personal and business papers, legal and financial papers, photographs, studio notes, drawings and sketches, ceramics, and artifacts. Joseph Palin Thorley was an internationally known potter who supplied the Craft House museum shop with reproductions of eighteenth-century antiques from Colonial Williamsburg’s collection. The collection largely relates to Thorley's pottery work and business, documenting his creative and scholarly process. For an enhanced...
Dates:
1910-1987; Majority of material found in 1930-1986
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center