Skip to main content

Publications: European Paintings in the Worcester Art Museum

1962-1970

Title

Publications: European Paintings in the Worcester Art Museum

Date

1962-1970

Archive reference number

NGA35/2/1

Description

The file contains records for all aspects of the writing of the catalogue, from the research to the draft copies and other related papers used by Davies' in his research.

Record type

Series

Alternative reference numbers

NG33/11-19

Administrative history

In the early 1960s Davies was approached by Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts (WAM) to write a catalogue of the Italian pictures in the WAM collection. In 1964 WAM received funding to produce a wider catalogue of all the European pictures in the museum. Davies was to continue writing the section on Italian pictures and other authors were assigned to write separate sections relating to different schools of painting. Although Davies's papers reveal that he worked on his section until the mid 1960s, the book European Pictures in the Collection of the Worcester Art Museum (EPWAM) was not finally published until 1974.

A note in the introduction to the publication European Pictures in the Collection of the Worcester Art Museum by Louisa Dresser, states that "due to editorial and production delays a considerable length of time elapsed between the completion of the manuscripts and the publications of the text." It also records that Davies completed the Italian entries by the end of 1965, that he attempted to keep them up to date but that very few amendments were made after 1968.

Your list will only be saved temporarily. Inactivity of more than 20 minutes could result in the loss of your list. If you would like to keep a record of your list, we suggest you print it out or email it to yourself.

Your list of records will be sent to us if you request an appointment, and a summary will be included in your appointment email notification.