Object Details
- Creator
- Hanbury, Una, 1904-1990
- Names
- Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
- Saunders Sculpture International
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
- Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-
- Gilpin, Laura
- O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
- Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001
- Segovia, Andrés, 1893-
- Occupation
- Sculptors -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
- Sculptors -- Washington (D.C.)
- Animal sculptors -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
- Animal sculptors -- Washington (D.C.)
- Topic
- Portrait sculpture, American
- Animal sculpture
- Women artists
- Women sculptors
- Provenance
- The Una Hanbury papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by the artist's daughter, Jillian Poole, in 1999 and 2006.
- Creator
- Hanbury, Una, 1904-1990
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- Summary
- The papers of Una Hanbury measure 5.3 linear feet and date from 1910 to 1994, with the bulk of the material from 1966 to 1990. The collection documents the sculptor's career and the dispersal of her estate through business records, project files, subject files, printed material, and photographs. There is also a small amount of material relating to her personal life including correspondence with friends and family and photographs from various stages of her life.
- Biographical / Historical
- Una Hanbury (1904-1990) was a sculptor in Washington, D.C. and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hanbury was born in Middlesex, England, in 1904; the incorrect birth date of 1909 that she submitted to Who's Who and other biographical reference sources is cited in numerous published articles. Hanbury [née Rawnsley] exhibited artistic talent as a young child and received instruction from animal artist Frank Calderon. After graduation from London's Polytechnic School of Art, she studied for three years at the Royal Academy. Jacob Epstein was her most influential teacher. Soon after completing her formal education, Una Rawnsley became Una Hanbury and devoted herself full-time to being a wife and mother. During World War II she left England for Bermuda and brought her family to the United States once the war was over. Hanbury settled in Washington, D.C., where she resumed her sculpting career, completing many large scale commissions for public buildings such as the Medical Examiners Building, Baltimore, and St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Springfield, Virginia, among others. She developed a fine reputation as a portrait sculptor, and commissions included busts of Rachel Carson, Enrico Fermi, Buckminster Fuller, Laura Gilpin, Richard Neutra, Georgia O'Keeffe, Robert Oppenheimer, S. Dillon Ripley, and Andrés Segovia. In addition, animals--particularly horses--were a favorite subject since childhood; sculptures were commissioned by several zoos, and horse portraits often were commissioned by owners. In 1970, Una Hanbury relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she continued working well into old age and became a significant force in the art life of that region.
- Extent
- 5.3 Linear feet
- Date
- 1910-1994
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.hanbuna
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Citation
- Una Hanbury papers, 1910-1994. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged into seven series. Series 1: Personal Papers, 1926-1983 (Box 1; 4 folders) Series 2: Business Records, 1965-1991 (Boxes 1-2; 1.2 linear feet) Series 3: Project Files, 1961-1992 (Boxes 2-3; 1.8 linear feet) Series 4: Subject Files, circa 1924-1985 (Box 4, OV 7; 1.0 linear feet) Series 5: Estate of Una Hanbury, 1990-1994 (Boxes 4-5; 0.6 linear feet) Series 6: Printed Material, 1926-1990 (Box 5; 0.4 linear feet) Series 7: Photographs, 1910-1991 (Boxes 5-6, 0.3 linear feet)
- Processing Information
- The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Catherine S. Gaines. The finding aid was modified by Stephanie Ashley in October 2001 prior to EAD conversion. All duplicates were returned to the donor at her request. The second accession was processed to a minimal level, merged into the collection, and the finding aid updated by Kimberley Henze in 2015.
- Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Scope and Contents
- The papers of Una Hanbury measure 5.3 linear feet and date from 1910 to 1994, with the bulk of the material from 1966 to 1990. The collection documents the sculptor's career and the dispersal of her estate through business records, project files, subject files, printed material, and photographs. There is also a small amount of material relating to her personal life including correspondence with friends and family and photographs from various stages of her life.
- Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Contact Reference Services for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512353771-1503512353787-0
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