Bela Lyon Pratt papers, 1884-1918.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 1,050 items; 3 containers; 1.2 linear feetSubject(s): - Pratt, Sarah Whittlesey -- Correspondence
- Boston Public Library
- École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
- Library of Congress
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Art museums -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Art schools -- France -- Paris
- Coins, American
- Half eagle (Coin)
- Libraries -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Libraries -- Washington (D.C.)
- Quarter eagle (Coin)
- Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Sculpture -- Washington (D.C.)
- Sculptors
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Correspondence chiefly from Pratt to his mother, Sarah Whittlesey Pratt; sketches; clippings; photograph; and other papers relating to Pratt's work as a sculptor and to family affairs. Documents his years at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France, and his work as an instructor for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. Works discussed include the spandrels, Science, Literature, Arts, and Philosophy for the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; the Indian Head quarter eagle and half eagle coins; and the sculptures, Art and Science for the Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass.
Sculptor.
Collection material in English.
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