Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives

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  • Subject = Beatty, John W. (John Wesley), 1851-1924--Correspondence
  • Subject = Zorn, Anders, 1860-1920
  • Date = 6/2/1911

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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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(John W. Beatty to Samuel H. Church, June 2, 1911)
(John W. Beatty to Samuel H. Church, June 2, 1911)
Church, Samuel Harden--Correspondence, Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Portraits, Philanthropists--United States--Portraits, Zorn, Anders, 1860-1920, Painters--Sweden, Portraits, Art commissions, Beatty, John W. (John Wesley), 1851-1924--Correspondence
A handwritten letter from John W. Beatty to Samuel Harden Church concerning Beatty's visit to New York to examine a portrait of Andrew Carnegie painted by Anders Zorn. Mr. Beatty still considers the portrait ""a broadly painted and forceful picture, manifestly done in haste but lacking in the completeness of detail"". Mr. Carnegie told Beatty he had done four sitting for Zorn and that the portrait was finished. He also said that Zorn sailed the morning after the last sitting. Beatty believes that the portrait is better than the portrait they now have of Carnegie. The letter ends with Beatty stating the difficulty in ""securing a painting of him"" if he has to give long sittings. On Richard Lane stationary.