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Maxfield Parrish: Illustrated Letters
October 17, 2009 – January 17, 2010
Between 1884 and 1886, the teenage Maxfield Parrish travelled to England and Europe with his parents. In letters home to his cousin Henry Bancroft, Parrish chronicled and illustrated his experiences. These youthful illustrated letters provide a peek at life in England and Europe in the mid-1880s and a hint of Parrish’s amazing adult talent and humor.
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Illustrated Letter to Henry Bancroft, July 22, 1884, London
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)
Pen on paper
Delaware Art Museum, Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft, Jr., Pre-Raphaelite Manuscript Collection |
This exhibition is partly funded by a grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In Delaware, this exhibition is made possible, in part, by grants
from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated
to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership
with the National Endowment for the Arts. |
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Illustrated Letters Blog: “Sincerely Hen”
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The Delaware Art Museum has started a blog featuring excerpts from Maxfield Parrish’s letters to his cousin Henry Bancroft. Since Henry’s responses have not survived, you can create your own at:
http://sincerelyhen.blogspot.com/
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Illustrated Letter to Henry Bancroft, December 1, 1885, Paris
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)
Pen on paper
Delaware Art Museum, Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft, Jr., Pre-Raphaelite Manuscript Collection |
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