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Judith B. Tankard visual arts material

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS410
 

Judith B. Tankard visual arts material

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS410

This collection contains photographs, slides, and postcards that document Tankard's career in landscape history research, lecturing, and writing. Included in the collection are images of Chatham Manor in Fredericksburg, Virginia, owned by John Lee Pratt (1879-1975) and Lillian Thomas Pratt (1876-1947). Also a part of the collection are house and garden images documenting Tankard’s research and travels in North America and Europe. These images highlight the work of landscape architects such as Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959), Ellen Shipman (1869-1950) and landscape designer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), and architect Edwin Luytens (1869-1944).

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Dates
1869-2019, undated
Extent
34,695 item(s) (33,825 slides, 821 black and white photographic prints, 19 color photographic prints, 15 photocopies, seven postcards, two black and white negatives, two clippings, two inventories, one color negative, and one bound book of color images)
Related Names
Tankard, Judith B.
Language
English

This series contains photographs and postcards of Chatham Manor in Fredericksburg, Virginia, owned by John Lee Pratt (1879-1975) and Lillian Thomas Pratt (1876-1947) with gardens designed by American female landscape designer, Ellen Shipman (1869-1950). Included in the series are images of the manor house, gardens and grounds as well as people; some are possibly Pratt family members and household employees. The series also contains a numbered inventory that Tankard created to accompany the photographs.

Dates
1930-2017
Extent
266 item(s) ( (258 black and white photographic prints, five postcards, two clippings, and one inventory))

Photographs, postcards, clippings 1-50, 1930-1976, undated

 File — Control: VIS 410.001, Location: VIS 410.001
Dates
1930-1976, undated
Extent
51 item(s) (45 black and white photographic prints, four postcards, and two clippings)

Photographs and postcard 51-100, 1930-1947

 File — Control: VIS 410.002, Location: VIS 410.002
Dates
1930-1947
Extent
50 item(s) (49 black and white photographic prints and one postcard)

Photographs 101-150, 1930-1947

 File — Control: VIS 410.003, Location: VIS 410.003
Dates
1930-1947
Extent
50 black and white photographic print(s)

Photographs 151-200, 1930-1947

 File — Control: VIS 410.004, Location: VIS 410.004
Dates
1930-1947
Extent
50 black and white photographic print(s)

Photographs 201-250, 1930-1947

 File — Control: VIS 410.005, Location: VIS 410.005
Dates
1930-1947
Extent
50 black and white photographic print(s)

Photographs 251-264, 1930-1947

 File — Control: VIS 410.006, Location: VIS 410.006
Dates
1930-1947
Extent
14 black and white photographic print(s)

Inventory, 2017

 File — Control: VIS 410.007, Location: VIS 410.007
Dates
2017
Extent
1 item(s)

This series contains slides, chiefly color, that document Tankard's travels within North America as well as Europe. A large number of images depict historic houses, gardens, and parks in the United Kingdom. Gardens designed by Beatrix Farrand, Gertrude Jekyll, Edward Luytens, and Ellen Shipman are also highlighted. Many images are reproductions.

Dates
1965-2019
Extent
33,844 item(s) (33,825 color and black and white slides, 17 color photographic prints, one color negative, and one bound book of color images)

Canada: Les Quatre Vents, 1990-1991

 File — Control: VIS 410.187, Location: VIS 410.187
Dates
1990-1991
Extent
383 slide(s)

France, 1994

 File — Control: VIS 410.008, Location: VIS 410.008
Dates
1994
Extent
226 slide(s)

France, 1994

 File — Control: VIS 410.009, Location: VIS 410.009
Dates
1994
Extent
241 slide(s)

France, 1994

 File — Control: VIS 410.010, Location: VIS 410.010
Dates
1994
Extent
238 slide(s)

France, 1994

 File — Control: VIS 410.011, Location: VIS 410.011
Dates
1994
Extent
164 slide(s)

Italy, Amalfi Coast and Sardinia, 2002

 File — Control: VIS 410.012, Location: VIS 410.012
Dates
2002
Extent
222 slide(s)

Italy, Lakes, 1997

 File — Control: VIS 410.013, Location: VIS 410.013
Dates
1997
Extent
319 slide(s)

Italy, Lazio and Umbria, 2006

 File — Control: VIS 410.014, Location: VIS 410.014
Dates
2006
Extent
162 image(s) (17 color photographic prints and 145 color slides)

Italy, Lazio and Umbria, 2006

 File — Control: VIS 410.015, Location: VIS 410.015
Dates
2006
Extent
153 slide(s)
 

Italy, Sicily, 2003

 File — Control: VIS 410.016, Location: VIS 410.016
Dates
2003
Extent
192 slide(s)

Italy, Sicily, 2003

 File — Control: VIS 410.017, Location: VIS 410.017
Dates
2003
Extent
104 slide(s)

Italy, Tuscany, 2000

 File — Control: VIS 410.018, Location: VIS 410.018
Dates
2000
Extent
187 slide(s)

Italy, Tuscany, 2000

 File — Control: VIS 410.019, Location: VIS 410.019
Dates
2000
Extent
191 slide(s)

Italy, Tuscany, 2000

 File — Control: VIS 410.020, Location: VIS 410.020
Dates
2000
Extent
161 slide(s)

Portugal and Madeira, 2004

 File — Control: VIS 410.021, Location: VIS 410.021
Dates
2004
Extent
218 slide(s)

Venice and Veneto, 2004

 File — Control: VIS 410.022, Location: VIS 410.022
Dates
2004
Extent
144 slide(s)

Venice and Veneto, 2004

 File — Control: VIS 410.023, Location: VIS 410.023
Dates
2004
Extent
112 slide(s)
Dates
1986-1992
Extent
200 slide(s)

United Kingdom, England: Barn Hotel, Barnsley House, Batemans, 1986-1996

 File — Control: VIS 410.026, Location: VIS 410.026
Dates
1986-1996
Extent
212 slide(s)
Dates
1986-2004
Extent
153 slide(s)

United Kingdom, England: Biddulph Grange, Birmingham, Bishopsbarn, 1986-2004

 File — Control: VIS 410.028, Location: VIS 410.028
Dates
1986-2004
Extent
213 slide(s)
Dates
1987-1993
Extent
164 slide(s)

United Kingdom, England: Charleston Farmhouse, Chartwell, Chatsworth, 1988-2008

 File — Control: VIS 410.032, Location: VIS 410.032
Dates
1988-2008
Extent
260 slide(s)
Dates
1968-1995
Extent
245 slide(s)
Dates
1990-1996
Extent
230 slide(s)