Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives

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  • Original Format = image/jp2; 2 p. ; 27 cm.
  • Subject = Art commissions
  • Date = 8/31/1911

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This collection contains primary resources about Carnegie's bequests along with supporting explanatory text, that teachers will be able to use as part of their curriculum.
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(Samuel H. Church to John W. Beatty, August 31, 1911)
(Samuel H. Church to John W. Beatty, August 31, 1911)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Beatty, John W. (John Wesley), 1851-1924, Zorn, Anders, 1860-1920--Correspondence, Bertram, James, 1872-1934, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Portraits, Philanthropists--United States--Portraits, Zorn, Anders, 1860-1920, Painters--Sweden, Portraits, Art commissions
A typescript letter from Secretary, presumably Samuel H. Church, to John W. Beatty concerning the portrait Anders Zorn painted of Andrew Carnegie. Church states that he is enclosing correspondence from Anders Zorn, dated August 18, 1911 and James Bertram, presumably dated June 30, 1911. He asks Beatty to return the enclosed correspondence to him after he has read it. Church states that Bertram's negative opinion of the portrait is the same as Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. He asks Beatty what they should do about the portrait. He writes that Bertram ""has enclosed an order for the portrait"" and asks Beatty if they should get the portrait from Carnegie's house before he returns from abroad or ""sit tight and do nothing more until something drops"". A P.S. is included stating that Mr. and Mrs. Church stopped at Plymouth for a couple of days and they are ""about ready to join"" Beatty and Mr. Hamerschlag ""as members of the Plymouth colony next year"".