Alvan Clark

American, 1804 - 1887

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American astronomer and artist (1804-1887)

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Alvan Clark, Lovice Corbett Whittemore (Mrs. Thomas Whittemore), 1845, oil on canvas, Gift of Thomas Whittemore, 1950.8.2

Lovice Corbett Whittemore (Mrs. Thomas Whittemore)

Alvan Clark · 1845 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1950.8.2

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Thomas Whittemore

Alvan Clark · 1844 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1950.8.1

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The Artist's Brother

Alvan Clark · c. 1840 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.30

Bibliography

1887

  • "Recent Deaths. Alvan Clark." Boston Daily Evening Transcript, 19 August 1887.

1889

  • "Autobiography of Alvan Clark." New-England Historical and Genealogical Register 43 (January 1889): 52-58.

1968

  • Warner, Deborah Jean. Alvan Clark & Sons, Artists in Optics. Washington, 1968.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 68-69.