Alexander Theobald Van Laer Sketchbooks

2021-46-0-1

Collection

Identifier: 2021-46-0-1

Staff Only

Content Description

Six sketchbooks drawn by Alexander Theobald Van Laer (Some undated, others between 1885-1911)

Dates

Creation: 1881 - 1911

Creator

Van Laer, Alexander Theobald, 1857-1920 (Person)

Extent

6 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

Purchased as a gift for the donor from antique dealer Jeff Cooley, in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Related Materials

"Alexander Theobald van Laer, the lost landscapes, 1998: December 10, 1998-February 14, 1999" Waterbury, Conn. : Mattatuck Museum, 1998 contains an extensive biography of Van Laer.

Litchfield Village Improvement Society records (1943-09-0), Litchfield Historical Society. https://archives.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/repositories/2/resources/821

Litchfield Historical Society photograph collection, ##ciz. West Street #82, Box: 19, Folder: 13. Litchfield Historical Society. https://archives.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/13755

Bernice Fuessenich collection, 2003-78-0. Hotels and inns, Folder 2, Folder: 2. Litchfield Historical Society. https://archives.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/8277

Litchfield ephemera collection, 2022-04-0. Hotels and inns, Laercourt Lodge, 1930s?, Box: 3, Folder: 5. Litchfield Historical Society. https://archives.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/20613