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Brian Keough <[log in to unmask]>
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A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 13 Mar 2000 11:25:44 -0500
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I also found this:

Author:        Millspaugh, John H.
Title:         John H. Millspaugh etching.
Description:   1 item.
Notes:         Etching of "Libe Slope" on the Cornell University
                   campus.
Subjects:      Cornell University -- Description -- Views.
                Etchings. aat
Location:      Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
                   Cornell University Library.


At 12:57 PM 3/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
>A quick web search gives me these two items:
>
> From the Ezra Cornell papers:
>July 20, August 1, 1864. J.H. Millspaugh to Ezra Cornell requesting his
>assistance in starting a photography studio in Ithaca, and making use of a
>room in the library building.
>
> From an arts message board:
>Very little is known about this artist, except that he was active as an
>etcher in NYC in the 1880s, where he was member of the famous NY Etching
>Club.  A painting of his dated 1872 is in the Palmer Museum at Penn State
>Univ.  Millspaugh's etchings were self-published, and also by Max Jacoby and
>the famous Klackner firm.   Millspaugh specialized in landscapes, and did
>noteworthy etchings based on the watercolor paintings of Boston artist Louis
>K. Harlow (1850-1913).  There is as yet no artist file on Millspaugh in any
>museum library to my knowledge, nor at the National Museum of American Art
>which maintains the Inventory of American paintings prior to 1914.  It is
>believed that John H. Millspaugh lived in New Jersey, but as of May 1999 my
>research has not yet confirmed birth/death dates.  I own a copy of the
>Klackner catalog in the Smithsonian and can title any Millspaugh etchings
>published by that firm.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Cheryl S. Bullis" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 7:56 PM
>Subject: Print
>
>
> > I am sending this message in hopes that perhaps you can point me in the
> > right direction.
> > I have a print by J.H. Millspaugh copyprighted 1891, and signed by this
> > person also.
> > I appreciate anything you can do.
> > Thank You
> > Cheryl [log in to unmask]
> >

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