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Fig. 1 Bust of Samuel P. Avery, Jr. 1847-1920 by Victor David Brenner. Gift of Alice Lee
Welcher, Emma Avery Welcher and Amy Ogden Welcher. (photo: Brooklyn Museum,
Brooklyn)
圖 一 Samuel P. Avery, Jr. (1847-1920) 銅像 Victor David Brenner作 Alice Lee
Welcher、
Emma Avery Welcher及Amy Ogden Welcher惠贈 (照片：布魯克林博物館 布魯克林)
Dear Sirs
I desire to make this gift, not only to add to the art

treasures of Brooklyn, but because I was born there,
and treasure some of its people as my dearest friends.
Yours very truly.

Samuel P. Avery, Jr.

– BROOKLYN TIMES UNION, 6 APRIL 1898

「尊敬的先生們：

我希望捐出這批藏品，不僅是為豐富館藏略盡綿薄之力，更
重要的是這裡是我生長的地方，我對這片土地及居民有著深

厚的感情。
謹啟

Samuel P. Avery, Jr.」
《布魯克林時代聯盟報》，1898年4月6日

of forty-five works from the Brooklyn Museum represents 的45件藏品當中， 包括多件上述二人的藏
the generosity of these two patrons amongst others, who 珍 ，充分代表了其對於銅胎掐絲琺瑯器以
together were to shape the understanding of these two 及玉器的深厚理解與鑒賞。
materials. Samuel P. Avery, Jr. (圖一) 為Samuel P. Avery
Samuel P. Avery Jr. (fig.1) was the son of Samuel P. Avery (1822-1904) 之子。Avery 先生生長於布魯
(1822-1904), a Brooklyn native who began his career as an 克林，原為雕版師，後來成為紐約十九世
engraver in New York, later becoming one of the city’s most 紀最出名的藝術商人。先生與巴爾的摩的
prominent art dealers of the nineteenth century. It was 商業大亨及收藏家William T. Walters (1820-
through Avery Sr.’s friendship with Baltimore businessman 1894) 結為好友，經由Walters帶領，進入

12 PROPERTY FROM THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, SOLD TO SUPPORT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS