The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 9, February 27, 2005, Article 8

WILLIAM SUMNER APPLETON PORTRAIT FOUND

David F. Fanning asked where he might find a published
portrait of historian and numismatist William Sumner Appleton.

Dick Johnson writes: "Answer: New England Historical and
Genealogical Register (1904) vol 58, page 219.

I found this listed in the A.L.A. Portrait Index (1906) and
therein lies a story. In my college days I worked at the
Washington University library and was a voracious reader.
Somewhere I read the Library of Congress had published
this important reference book and was discarding hundreds
of unsold copies. If anyone (even an impoverished college
student!) wanted a copy FREE, they should write the
appropriate LC department. I did and I have been carrying
around this 1,600-page tome for the last 50 years. I have
cited it 69 times for portrayed artists in my upcoming
directory of American Artists, Diesinkers, Engravers,
Medalists and Sculptors."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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