Inventory of the Mme. E. de Basily-Callimaki papers
Processed by Judy Koong Dennis and Lyalya Kharitonova.
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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Inventory of the Mme. E. de Basily-Callimaki papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Judy Koong Dennis and Lyalya Kharitonova
- Date Completed:
- 2008, revised 2011
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid created derived from MARC record by Aileen Shon and Elizabeth Phillips.
© Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: Mme. E. de Basily-Callimaki papers
Dates: 1867-1913.
Collection Number: 65012
Creator: Basily-Callimaki, E. de, Mme.
Collection Size:
3 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes
(2.0 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives .
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The collection contains materials relating to French and Western European art history, and to Jean Baptiste Isabey, the French
miniaturist, in correspondence, writings, notes, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia. Includes a draft
of the biography of Isabey by E. de Basily-Callimaki.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
French
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mme. E. de Basily-Callimaki papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1965.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the library catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Biographical/Historical Note
Russian art critic and author.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of correspondence, writings, notes, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating
to French and Western European art history, and to Jean Baptiste Isabey, the French miniaturist. Includes a draft of the biography
of Isabey by E. de Basily-Callimaki.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Isabey, Jean Baptiste, 1767-1855.
Art.
Box/Folder: 1 : 1-2
Handwritten notebooks with lists of art objects, and an introduction to an art history essay concerning Jean Baptiste Isabey
(4 notebooks),
1908-1910
Box/Folder: 1 : 3-4
Correspondence and receipts from European booksellers (in France, Russia, and Austro-Hungarian Empire),
1909-1912.
Scope and Content Note
Includes
Catalogue de la Bibliothèque N.G. Egoroff et des acquisitions récentes, Moscow, 1910
Box/Folder: 1 : 5-8
Research and reference materials for the book; correspondence, documents on miniatures, catalogues, notes, and clippings,
1800-1913
Box/Folder: 1 : 9-11
Chapter drafts of the Isabey monograph,
circa 1900
Box/Folder: 2 : 1-12
Chapter drafts of the Isabey monograph,
circa 1900 (Contd.)
Box/Folder: 3 : 1-2
Chapter drafts of the Isabey monograph,
circa 1900 (Contd.)
Box/Folder: 3 : 3
Hotel Drouot auction catalogues of Mme. de Basily's estate, Paris, November 1913, including fine art objects such as paintings
by Delacroix and Isabey, tapestries, Oriental rugs, 18th century furniture, faiences and porcelains, and sculptures (one by
A. Rodin)
Box/Folder: 3 : 4
Beaux Arts, Gazette, Paris, featuring write-up of Mme. de Basily's monograph on Isabey,
1910
Box/Folder: 3 : 5
Photo lithograph "Old Landing Place, Lake Como,"
1919
Box/Folder: 3 : 6
Photo lithographs by Familia Regală la Sinaia, Atelier A. Thalsky,
circa 1900
Box/Folder: 3 : 7
Collection of brass sealing stamps, medallion of Victor Hugo, and pendant,
circa 1900
Box: 4
Unbound published copy of Mme. de Basily's monograph of Jean Baptiste Isabey,
1909
Box: 5
Bound published copy of Mme. de Basily's monograph of Jean Baptiste Isabey,
1909
