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Ercole Cartotto Portrait Drawings of Selected Amherst College Alumni, Faculty and Administration

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00100

Scope and Contents

19 framed portraits of Amherst College alumni, faculty and staff.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1930

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There is no restriction on access to this collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Biographical / Historical

Ercole Cartotto (1889-1946), Italian-born portraitist, is noted chiefly for his portraits of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s. Cartotto studied art at the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Extent

1 Linear feet (2 archives boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

19 framed portraits of Amherst College alumni, faculty and staff, by Ercole Cartotto, the Italian-born portraitist.

Related Materials

Alumni biographical files; Non-alumni biographical files

Status
Completed
Author
Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Peter Nelson.
Date
2003
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Repository Details

Part of the Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
61 Quadrangle Drive
Amherst MA 01002-5000
(413) 542-2299