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Unpublished manuscripts, undated: "William Merritt Post: A Painter of Light in the Marshes" and "The Earliest Drawings of William Merritt Post, both containing photographs to illustrate the text; and biographical notes on Post. Also included are photocopies of 2 articles by Post, 1909 and 1910.
Duplicate copies also available at New York Public Library, Art Department.
Photographs produced by Benson: Authorization to quote or reproduce for purposes of publication requires written permission from J. Leonard Benson. Contact Reference Services for more information.
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Art historian; professor emeritus of Classical art at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Post was a late nineteenth century landscape painter, New England.
Donated by J. Leonard Benson, 1993.